Black Cat, White Cat
USA Films | Release Date: September 10, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Farcical mayhem. A convoluted plot that's easy to follow but hard to describe. Read full review
88
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The perfect film for anyone who finds the Keystone Cops a little too understated and I mean that as a compliment.
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
The gusto in the flying bullets, the fleeing lovers, and the flowing music will make you want to hang around until the party is over. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
There's something almost wearying as well as exhilarating about the perpetual brilliance of Bosnian-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Astonishing, crazily delightful. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Their shenanigans rarely run short of explosive energy. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A warm embrace of tradition and boisterous, ethnographically rich local culture. Read full review
50
Film.comRobert Horton
There is a point in the movie when this mayhem crosses the line from wildly imaginative to downright insufferable. Read full review
70
Film.comHenry Cabot Beck
An absurdist Eastern European version of "The Godfather," starring the Marx Brothers (and sisters and nephews and...). Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
Kusturica's always masterful orchestration of chaos, coincidence and caricature really pays off as a sweet, soulful celebration of old friends, new loves and the mad scramble of life at the fringe. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Kusturica works marvels with his endlessly amusing cast, and his film has an appealingly free and easy tone. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
One frenetic movie that doesn't know when to quit -- and leaves you wishing it could go on forever.
84
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
An explosive experience...and you have to love the movie's rabid energy and lust.
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The slapstick is broad to the point of overkill. Read full review
75
New York PostRod Dreher
(Kusturica) celebrates its gaudy humanity in a joyous picture that is his most lighthearted and amusing work to date.
91
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It romps along with infectious good humor but continually imparts a sense that underneath all the surreal frivolity lurks a scathing allegory of modern-day Balkan troubles.
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
It's thrilling to see something this profane, mythic and, most of all, not bored with life, love and the possibilities of cinema. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
This is not comfortable comedy. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Made with such overriding jubilation that its coarseness is mostly liberating...well worth admiring for its sheer glee. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A wild, endlessly inventive romp set in a post-war world so full of machine-guns and hand-grenades that people barely flinch when one or the other goes off. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar humanity. Read full review
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