Dominique Pinon is excellent as always, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s colors and set dressing are fantastic, and Silvie Laguna’s supporting character who constantly accidentally fails at killing herself steals every scene she’s in. If you mix Amelie with Sweeney Todd and Million Dollar Hotel, then add a down-on-his-luck clown as the main character in a post-apocalyptic setting where dried corn passes for currency, you might come up with this.

Everything about this film is completely delicious in a grotesque way. The cinematography, the sets, the story, all combine to create this psudo-50s post-apocalyptic nightmare, where people are driven to extremes (cannibalism!) to survive. Despite the dark nature of the film, it slides cleanly between grotesque and hilarious. Very fun, very delicious stuff, and it makes for an absolutely wonderful dark comedy.

(Side note: I am also completely in love with the colors in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s films.)

This film is a dark gem of comedy. I love it.