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5.0 out of 5 stars Cat's Cradle, 19 Nov 2005

By	Louise Stanley (Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This is a riot of a film - as one has come to expect from Kusturica. Filled with the joy of life, it is set in a wild Balkan Gypsy milieu of gangsters and their bling, dwarf brides "waiting for Mr Right", gallows humour (quite literally) and a father who refuses to stay dead long enough to make it to his own funeral. With characters and action like that, it is a million miles away from the worthiness and dullness of some European cinema, and refuses point-blank to take itself seriously even for one minute. It taught me the secret of writing pure comedy - the behaviour must be so outrageous as to be utterly beyond belief - for life itself has a habit of turning what might be tragic into comic relief.

A Roma man owes a debt to Dadan, a gypsy mafioso surrounded by girls in white body-stockings and eye-popping make-up. In exchange for cancelling the debt, Dadan forces him to marry off his 17-year-old son to Afrodita, his stunted sister. The son has other ideas and another girlfriend, and searches for excuse after excuse not to marry her; while Afrodita equally has plans of her own. Into all this chaos comes the man's father, a snaggle-toothed veteran swindler now retired to a preposterously upholstered bed, who has a habit of stopping the show at critical moments to ensure the reluctant bride and groom are allowed to go their own way.

Mostly in the language of the Roma but occasionally lapsing into Serbo-Croat, the film detaches the word "Balkan" from "balkanisation" and proves that despite the upheavals of the last fifteen years Yugoslavia can become known for something other than blown-apart houses and desperate refugees tugging at western heart-strings. It also paints Roma life in bold, shocking colours; there are no heroes or villains in the story, just human beings as they are and as they should be - full of lust, vigour and chaos. A masterpiece of mayhem from Europe's most gifted director.

Oh yes - three more words - pit bull...terrier! This nutty pop-song provides Dadan with just the right kind of theme tune and was subsequently blasting out of every hi-fi in the Balkans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Applause, applause, 9 Nov 2000

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This review is from: Black Cat, White Cat [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)

The only time I have been to the cinema and the audience have applauded a film they wish had not ended - not bad for a bunch of reserved Brits! This is truly a fantastic film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood can only look on and drool...., 27 Jul 2000

By	rickchiles@yahoo.com (On the beach, Brighton) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Cat, White Cat [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)

What a marvel this film is. (Marvel! ) Like Underground, regrettably the only other Kusturica film I've seen, it growls with energy and sparkles with wit. It's sheer inventiveness could shame a hotel full of rooms full of American screenwriters. It's gloriously messy and sweetly clean, and as you can read very hard to describe. But you don't read about Kusturica, you just have to watch and see and behold. Enjoy. You will.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rowdy, raucus, messy and unusual comedy
There are some images you will only see in an Emir Kusturica film: a drunkard riding a pig; a midget in full bridal array hiding in a tree stump; a gangster wiping himself down... Read more

Published on 19 May 2006 by Angus J. Mcdowall

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Balkan Film!
A manic flurry of drunken bewildering Balkan humour; it encompasses the passions and street politics of Roma people in the former Yugoslavia. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Could You find better comedy?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unashamedly exuberant...
...is perhaps insufficient to describe the glorious vital life that this film exudes! Kusturica was right to work with an almost completely-amateur cast - the spontaniety and... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riotous, hilarious comedy
Wonderful pace, great music , hilarious comedy, fun for all ! I recommend this to anyone

Published on 9 Mar 2000 by G. A. Gaunt

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