Amelie

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Summary: Did someone say charming?
Review: I held out to get this movie for too long. Really, this is the movie that you will be passing around the neighborhood with great reviews. Your friends will be asking your opinion about other movies. The secret is all in this remarkable story that is guaranteed to charm. Subtitles only. It has an R rating, but in my opinion it wasn't deserved.

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Summary: I can watch this movie OVER & OVER FOREVER!!
Review: Simply put, this movie is wonderful! Moving, funny, delightful! It pulls you in incredibly as you feel like a neighbor of all the characters! Amelie is stunning and witty! Her love interest is fun and admirable! The story is a jewel! Everytime I watch this movie I can't help but cry!!! It's a movie like this that directs us to the little wonders in life that make it worth living!!! WATCH THIS MOVIE AND LEARN HOW YOUR LIFE IS WONDERFUL TOO!!!

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Summary: You Will Be Charmed off Your Seat
Review: A heartwarming, charming, beautiful movie.

Get drawn into the world of Amelie and forget yor troubles for a couple of hours. Absolutely magical!
Warning: You will have a smile stuck to your face long after its over.

This is my favorite French movie yet.

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Summary: A shining, candy-coated acheivement
Review: Amelie a modern-day fairy tale love story of a young lady with a large imagination, who was friendless for her entire childhood. All she ever wanted was someone like her to share her creative and unique out-look on life. This film if sweet, adorable, funny, uplifting, magical,tender, heartwarming (without being cheesy) and best of all- FRENCH (not for those who can't stand sub-titles). Amelie reminds us all what we wish life was like and reminds us of the child inside that might have once been lost. Full of quirky humor, mischeif, brilliant cinematography, an essential soundtrack and a timeless story.

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Summary: Weird, brilliant, perfect
Review: Amelie is a weird, yet brilliant, combination of a child's fairy tale and early films by Jean-Luc Godard. Maybe the plot isn't something Godard would approve of, or at least make (it's sappy and deals a lot with fantastic notions of fate). But the playful nature in which Amelie deconstructs the components of cinema, is pure Godard. The editing, use of sound, screen composition, all very playful, very critical, very calculated and perfect.

And for someone that cringes at the thought of a sappy love story (Godard's Breathless is more to my liking as a love story), Amelie left me with a ear to ear grimace for hours after leaving the theater (each of the FOUR times I saw this). In an age that movies don't seem to touch new ground, everything seems so bland, nothing has been as fresh as the early French New Wave, until Amelie...

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Summary: Simply because it makes me SMILE
Review: This film was enjoyable and that made it worth the money spent. The Characters of Amelie and her true love were both figures I can relate to... being someone who frequently inhabbits the border between reality and imagination. Some people complain about the way the film plays out... the predictability of it all... how it seems to drag forever until they finally hook up... these were grievences I had when i first started watching this movie... but I found that now I care not.

THe visions in this movie are amazing. In the series of narrtives we get about Amelie's childhood are expecially funny, as are all the things she imagines. I especially liked the insights that you got into characters lives. Some of them were small and odd (like someone who only likes popping bubble wrapp) but made sense in a weird kind of way.

Another comment frequently made is how unrealistic the portrayel of Paris is... my reponse... It's not supposed to be realistic... little is... the Main Character's world view is skewed by her nature. Both her and the Male lead character saw the world through rose tinted lenses, and this is what we are shown.

Also of note is the score/soundtrack of the film which also plays an important role in creating the overall sense of feeling and emotion.

Anyway... ONce again... if you can suspend your belief in reality and just let the movie sweep you up... You'll come down smiling..

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Summary: Want a great french film? Do you want fries with that?
Review: The most witty ,smart,funny, and creative French film I've ever seen. It is also the only French film I've ever seen. Funny and mature. A great story and very beautiful.I JUST LOVE IT!

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Summary: Rich colors, Rich characters
Review: Brilliant. One of the few DVDs I'd own, if I were a collector of DVDs.

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Summary: I can't be unhappy while watching this gem.
Review: I can't be unhappy while watching this gem, it's hard to describe. But, as a movie about taking chances to improve your life, and a movie about love, it's amazing that it really evokes an emotional response from me.

It feels a lot like that burst of happiness you feel when you are just falling in love.

Hard day at work, this is the prescription for you, I was grumpy last night and popped this in, and found myself grinning several times. Similar feeling when I saw this in theatres.

This is not a movie to miss. It's clever, it's beautiful, and Audrey is amazing in this.

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Summary: Cute romantic movie about odd people finding true love
Review: I'm generally not a fan of romances, but this movie is really cute and well-made without being too sappy. For instance I cannot stand "You've Got Mail" and have almost no patience for "When Harry Met Sally" but I can watch this without gagging.

This is a French movie with subtitles so those of you with aversions to the French and/or subtitles should skip this one.

Amelie is a young French waitress who tries to secretly improve the lives of others (through all kinds of kooky schemes), but her own love life is nonexistent. Until she encounters a young man with a strange obsession for collecting discarded photos from photo booths.

Overall this is a very nice movie; however Amelie struck me as a little too "stalkerly" in her machinations to help other people. Otherwise anyone who likes movies about odd people finding true love should enjoy this one. The cinematography and overall style of the movie are quite good.