Critic Reviews

• Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

  As with some of Fellini's late works, the energy and inventiveness, not to mention the juicy vulgarity, are so consistent in Black Cat, White Cat that you feel you can slice into the material at almost any point.

• David Stratton, Variety

  A colorful, frenetic mixture of slapstick and folklore that stands a good chance of delighting arthouse audiences the world over.

• , Time Out

  This is storytelling on the hoof, rambling, self-indulgent, but with enough warmth and humour to overcome its own excesses.

• J. Hoberman, Village Voice

  Lacking the emotionally charged metaphors that made Underground something more than a virtuoso Saint Vitus dance, Black Cat, White Catis determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar humanity.

• Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

  Bosnian-born writer-director Emir Kusturica makes raucous films so visually dense they overwhelm. But his characters, freakish or treacherous, come up wonderfully human.

• James Berardinelli, ReelViews

  With all of the horrible things happening in the corner of the world once known as Yugoslavia, it's a pleasant change-of-pace to discover a comedy that transpires there.

• Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  There's a surprising warmth and even a little optimism behind Kusturica's gallows humor.

• , Total Film

  It's ridiculous and self-indulgent, but Kusturica is so skilful, conjuring up one sweeping, sumptuous set-piece after another, that you can't help but go along for the ride.

• David Parkinson, Empire Magazine

  It's anything but subtle but the magnetism of the cast and sheer exuberance of the storytelling make this fairly irresistible.

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  Based on true events, this deeply involving film is not only a terrific story but it's also very timely in the issues it examines.

• Anton Bitel, Film4

  It is as though Four Weddings And A Funeral had been reimagined by Fellini with a cast of crazy Balkan rogues and a background chorus of farmyard animals.

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

  It's a highly enjoyable, fast-paced comedy about warring gypsy families who are after both money and true love (isn't that what all comedies are about?).

• Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

  If you can tap into its twisted vibe, it's a lot of fun.

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