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- 1999
- R
- October Films
- 2 h 7 m
- 1999
- R
- October Films
- 2 h 7 m
Summary The film centers around a group of gypsies who live on the banks of the Danube River. (USA Films)
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: Gordan Mihic
- 1999
- R
- October Films
- 2 h 7 m
- 1999
- R
- October Films
- 2 h 7 m
Black Cat, White Cat
73
7.4
Summary The film centers around a group of gypsies who live on the banks of the Danube River. (USA Films)
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: Gordan Mihic
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
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19% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
73
81% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Astonishing, crazily delightful.
The perfect film for anyone who finds the Keystone Cops a little too understated and I mean that as a compliment.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
7.4
77% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
13% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
10% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
7.4
77% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
13% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
10% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
There are tons of hilarious moments that are best seen without being told about in this film. The storyline is very difficult to describe, so you can just watch the film as the plot is easy to follow. The Grga family are hilarious, and there is one scene where a pig licks the paint of a car off, for no particular reason! This film is a one of a kind masterpiece, as long as you're okay with a Bulgarian film with English subtitles and tons of bad language. If you're okay with that, then go watch Black Cat White Cat!!
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My second favorite film of all time. It's got great spirit. Sure it has some slapsticky humor, but the characters are great. Zika carries the movie for the most part, but that's okay. Somehow it's flaws actually enhance its enjoy-ability. It's lovable, its cute, it's morally ambiguous, just like -ummm- cats!
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Kusturica works marvels with his endlessly amusing cast, and his film has an appealingly free and easy tone.
(Kusturica) celebrates its gaudy humanity in a joyous picture that is his most lighthearted and amusing work to date.
An absurdist Eastern European version of "The Godfather," starring the Marx Brothers (and sisters and nephews and...).
Determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar humanity.
The slapstick is broad to the point of overkill.
It was a weird comedy, one of those rare kind. You won't like it from its very beginning. It took me for nearly 30 minutes to understand the characters and storyline. After that it was non stop adventurous fun ride especially wedding ceremony scenes were extremely amusing. Each character was funny and very unique which made the movie very special. I liked the total scenario, I mean the culture and all as in a movie which generated laughs in us.
It was a beautiful romance tale with a backdrop of gangster theme. Actually there were two gangsters in the story, where a father and a son and his love lady are stuck and struggle in between them. When a new business fails, the father is in the position with one option left to solve where his son must take the hand of the sister of money lender. In other hand the son is in love with another girl. The money lender's sister is also forced to do so yet to find her perfect man. When all these characters meet at once in the wedding ceremony, the twist and turn in the story occur and who are all getting benefit of it is the remaining.
It is unbelievable that I almost gave a high rating to this movie. You know I was not in favour of it when I began to watch after the so average opening sequences. While progressing the story it emerged as a finest comedy, in fact one of the finest comedy ever produced. For every scene after a scene it began to surprise me in every possible way. It was only moving harder and deeper reaching the core of the audience's laughing sense to tickle. I might be overwhelmed, it may not bring LOL at you because it was a dark humorous flick so definitely it will bring a large smile on your face throughout.
There was a fat pig often showed in the movie which was eating some old car's skin. I don't know what it's for and where it fits in the story but it was very much enjoyable for the moment. Like that there were many huge humorous scenes it had. Musics and dances were another advantage of the movie. For the last 90 minutes I almost forgot myself. I have been among those characters and enjoyed every second of my stay. I can highly recommend it to you but I don't know whether it is your kind stuff. Certainly I assure majority of you would love the movie and you may consider one of your all time favourite comedy ever.
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I personally see in this film a certain similarity with the classic comedies of the USSR. And I like it.
He is kind, carefree and surprisingly original.
Я лично в этом фильме вижу некое сходство с классическими комедиями СССР. И мне это нравится. Он добрый, беззаботный и на удивление оригинальный.
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
International Biennal for Film Music
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
