[VIDEO] "Little Otik is in a class all by itself. Jan Svankmajer is a mad genius of cinema."

| Original Score: A | Aug 12, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A fairy tale for adults, Otik is demented and heartwarming in that particular and unique Svankmajer fashion.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 12, 2005

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 19, 2003

There is an inherent humor to the premise, though there is a concrete desperation at the heart of Little Otik.

| Apr 10, 2003

The film's shock storyline soon becomes a dull plod.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 26, 2003

Like many Disney films, Little Otik is based on a classic European folktale, but while Disney cleans these stories up into candy-coloured moral fables ready to be adapted into breakfast cereals and ice shows, Svankmajer eagerly plunges into their d

Full Review | Jan 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002

What sustains attention is the director's unique touch.

Full Review | May 31, 2002

Unfortunately, at more than two hours, all of this is a bit too much.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 17, 2002

While there's not quite enough in the story to justify the film's length, Little Otik is a very funny satire on family ties, apartment living and conspicuous consumption.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 24, 2002

Devilishly funny.

| Apr 12, 2002

a disquiet amalgam of Little Shop of Horrors, Dead Alive, and Raising Arizona, with a splash of the Brothers Quay to push it right over the edge.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 7, 2002

Svankmajer has created a bizarre cinematic treat that pokes fun at obsessive consumer culture.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Mar 28, 2002

A sublime, blacker-than-night comic meditation on the insistent demands of a youngster's love and the complete loss of control inherent in starting a family.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 17, 2002

An enjoyably absurd bit of Grand Guignol, that often underlines the obvious.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2002

It's no surprise that Jan Svankmajer's Little Otik is dark, strange stuff.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 28, 2002