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  • Delicatessen
  • Opened April 17, 1991 | Runtime:1 hr 38 min
  • R
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) is a butcher who owns a run-down apartment building in post-apocalyptic France. The building is in constant need of a handyman, because Clapet routinely butchers them and sells them as food. The latest in the long ling of Read More
  • Cast: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Pascal Benezech
  • Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Genres: Black Comedy, Fantasy Comedy, Absurd Comedy, Comedy, Surrealist Film

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Delicatessen Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 66 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Salon.com |

    I didn't need to understand every word to see what a beautiful film this was -...

  • 90
    Variety |

    Beautifully textured, cleverly scripted and eerily shot (often with a wideangle...

  • 90
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    The slapstick is classic-level stuff, the kind of domino-effect precision that...

  • 89
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    Set in some sort of post-apocalyptic Parisian deli o' the damned, this...

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