Was there anybody besides french people who thought it was funny?

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I'm Indonesian and I never laughed so much at a black comedy until I saw Delicatessen.

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I'm American and I found it to be funny. It's not that the french have a poor sense of humor... just a different kind of humor. To me American humor is less intellectual than european humor (not to say that the europeans don't have their share of dirty humor) but Americans tend to like the 'America's Funniest Videos' kind of stuff where European is very different. It's not as in your face... like the woman who kept trying to commit suicide and failed every time... and each time it got more and more ridiculous. I thought that was pretty funny. Or even just when Louison arrived and the butcher is saying that he wasn't big enough for the job... it's funny because Louison thinks he means he's not built/strong enough but really he's saying he's not fat enough to eat yet. I prefer that kind of humor... the kind where you have to be paying attention the whole time to get the jokes.

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Don't talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the whole street.

It's not a "funny comedy", i.e. the film has an overall comedic tone but you are not really expected to laugh at it.

Either you get it, or you don't. There's nothing to explain. Either you find it funny, or you don't. And if you don't there's nothing nobody can do to explain it for you. You just have to accept that this film simply isn't for you...

The first time I saw it, I thought it was the funniest film I had ever seen. There was a local cable channel where I lived in the mid-90's, that showed the same programs every day of the week, they only changed the tableaux weekly. So, for seven days, it was the exact same set-up of programs during the day. And one time they showed Delicatessen at nine o'clock in the evening every day of the week. And I happened to catch it early that week, so I actually saw the film five times in a row during that week. I had to see it over and over, so funny it was.

I found it funny from the get go, as well as other things (cinema-photography, acting, editing, directing, etc. all well done) . I waited for it to come out on DVD in the US for years, and almost bought a region-free player just for this one film. Now I see that it's on Bluray too, so I'm going to get it again.

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I agree with you. I don't even get how this is called a black comedy, because most of the humor in it is just child-like imo.