Tuvalu 1999

Critics score:
73 / 100

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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: Still in the mood for something offbeat and phantasmagoric? Check out this charming German import by Veit Helmer. Read more

Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune: A fascinating work that never quite coalesces, Tuvalu finally becomes oppressively repetitive. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: The kind of movie that might one day find itself in the hall of fame of surreal movie weirdness alongside cult favorites like Eraserhead, Delicatessen and the avant-garde frolics of Guy Maddin. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: This one-of-a kind charmer casts an immediate and delightful spell. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A disappointment, a precious and grotesque exercise reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen, only less amusing. Read more

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