Crna macka, beli macor 1998

Critics score:
85 / 100

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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. Read more

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: It's a mad scramble through the Felliniesque realm of Kusturica's imagination, and it proves nothing if not this much: give this man the Danube, Gypsy musicians and a camera, and you've got a party. Read more

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. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: There's nothing cynical or cold-hearted about Black Cat, White Cat. Like the waves of geese, pigs, goats, dogs and cats that sometimes threaten to overwhelm the human characters, it is recklessly, indescribably alive. Read more

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. Read more

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

David Stratton, Variety: A colorful, frenetic mixture of slapstick and folklore that stands a good chance of delighting arthouse audiences the world over. Read more

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. Read more