Delicatessen (1991) movie poster

Delicatessen (1991)

"A futuristic comic feast."
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👍 83%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 78%
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Director
Runtime
1h 39m
Country
France
Language
French
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (1,596 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
66

Cast

Dominique Pinon as Louison · 73% avg
Marie-Laure Dougnac as Julie Clapet
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Clapet · 78% avg
Karin Viard as Mademoiselle Plusse · 71% avg
Ticky Holgado as Marcel Tapioca · 74% avg
Pascal Benezech as Tried to Escape
Edith Ker as Grandmother
Rufus as Robert Kube · 79% avg

Is Delicatessen good?

Most people think so. 83% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#651 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#24 / 61 · 1991
Rank among its director's films
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By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes. Wikipedia ↗

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I watched Delicatessen (1991)
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Delicatessen (1991): Unwilling to commit to its own premise
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Top comment: "In most stories, the satisfaction is from the main character changing (learning a lesson, usually.)..."
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