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Summary: A triumph!!
Review: I went to this movie (thankfully) without expecting anything..I had heard rave reviews but I was expecting something more artsy. So there was nothing to prepare me for what I saw and I very faithfully was blown away along with the rest of the audience in the theatre. Frankly the story sounded a bit corny when I read about it and trying to relate it now would be doing an injustice to the film. Audrey Tatou's performance as Amelie deserves accolades and more! The cinematography was mindblowing. The direction was superb and left me wondering at his imagination. Every little scene, every little nuance was so meaningful and so well thought out. The humor depicted in the film was very refreshingly different from the normal below-the-belt stuff of Hollywood and there was a wide smile on my face when I wasn't in splits. Such a movie hits you only once in a lifetime. So those of you who haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for?
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Summary: Loved it
Review: Fabulous Movie!! the best of its time. Loved every minute of it. can't wait to see it again. Great laughs and Great message!!
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Summary: wow
Review: I was blown away. It helped that I had no idea what it was about before seeing it. wow wow wow. fabulous, beautiful film, that totally charges one's sense of romance. wow.
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Summary: Could never say enough about this movie...!!
Review: There are just not enough words to describe 'Amelie.' I honestly laughed so hard I cried. The movie is similar to 'Ally McBeal' in fantasy sequences, but it has a humor all its own. The characters are so quirky that they become common and acceptable, the plot is so ridiculous that it begins to resemble everyday life. Every loose end is tied, and while the end may seem predictable, it's something we pray for throughout the course of the film. "Outrageous," a word uttered several times amongst the audience, is truly the only word that seems to fit. I'd go as far to say that "Endearing" and "Touching" would also apply.
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Summary: Pure Cinema Magic!!
Review: Normally I come away feeling guilty for having enjoyed a "feel good" type of film. Guilty for having allowed myself to be emotionally manipulated by its saccharine sweet charms and silly romanticism.
Not so with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelie"! A movie that easily trancends all the trappings of a "feel good" movie to that of absolute, pure, cinema magic. While plainly unapologetic in its romantic whimsy, "Amelie" earns its emotions honestly. It doesn't resort to shamelessly manipulative gimmicks; it earns them by virtue of the fact that it has presented its audience with a finely crafted film: intelligent script, wonderful characters and outstanding performances. And speaking of performances- Audrey Tautou as the titular Amelie is a wonder to behold. She is both beautiful and utterly charming. She kept reminding me of another famous Audrey- by the name of "Hepburn". I hope we see much more of Mademoiselle Tautou in future. In a world where movies are rarely both entertainig as well as true works of art "Amelie" exceeds all expectations. Jeunet has made some fabulous (yet dark) films in his career (ie. "Delicatessen" and "City of Lost Children") but "Amelie" is, for me at least, his most enjoyable film to date. Before you even think about watching "Pretty Woman" or "Sleepless in Seattle" again, check out "Amelie". I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: The best movie I have EVER seen
Review: I agree with what everyone says about this film, it is absolutely cinematic perfection. Not since I was a child has a movie touched me the way Amelie has. This movie was able to warm my heart and made me feel in a way that I had forgotten to, and actually got me dating again. I have recommended this movie to everyone that I know and have been thanked for nagging them to see it. A must for everyone, essential viewing, and yes she will change your life, my has...
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Summary: QUIRKY BUT FULL OF GALLIC CHARM!
Review: Amélie is the feel good whimsical romantic comedy that has broken all French box office records (around 8 million people in France alone have seen it), charmed many British audiences and is now winning lots of fans in North America. But is it any good? In short, yes. It's very good. Don't worry about the subtitles, there's no problem in following screenwriters Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's plot. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's doe-eyed heroine Amélie (Audrey Tautou) has had a lonely childhood and an unsatisfying love life. Her father is a glum recluse, who never offered her any physical contact, warmth or love (but who cherishes his garden gnome) and her neurotic mother was killed by a suicide jumper who hit her on the way down outside Notre Dame. As a result, Amélie has become wrapped up in her dreams as a way of escaping her lonely life. By day, she waits table at a Montmartre brasserie frequented by many eccentric characters and at night, she goes home alone to a little box flat with a rear window from where she can spy on her neighbours and dream of what their lives must be like. Until one day when she discovers a box of discarded toys left behind in her apartment 40 years ago and begins a search for the man-boy who once owned them. Finding that she can make a difference to other peoples lives, Amélie's own life is given a new purpose and a new vocation but can she find love and happiness for herself? Some critics have complained that Amélie's is a right wing exercise in nostalgia and that Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's depiction of Montmatre is too lushly perfect, whilst others have criticised it for being nothing more than a rip-off of Jane Austen's Emma. All of these criticisms are unfair (although there are obvious comparisons in the plot that can be made to Emma) and downright offensive. There is no obvious political agenda on display here and so what if the streets of Montmatre are picture postcard friendly? Amélie's Montmartre may just be a dream but it's a beautiful dream. Who cares if in the real France most people eat at Burger King or Mc.Donalds or shop at a supermarket for their groceries? Amélie's Montmartre is an enchanted place, where the water's of the canals are blue and sparkling and the scenery picture perfect. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Director of the much darker Delicatessen and City of Lost Children), has created his own universe and populated it with some wonderfully eccentric characters, thus allowing some of France's finest actors to charm their audience with a proliferation of visual humour and pseudo-philosophical dialogue. In particular, Serge Merlin, the wise old artist from across the street, conjures up magical wisdom and steals most of his scenes, as does Rufus, as Amélie's morose father. However, make no mistake this is the rather beautiful and elfin-like Audrey Tautou's movie and she captures your heart with her big doe-eyes and her mischievous smile and plays the role of Amélie to whimsical perfection. Amélie will capture your heart; make you smile, make you laugh and send you off into the night glowing happily, with a little bit of faith and hope in life restored. We all like to feel good about ourselves and Amélie is well worth checking out for anybody who enjoys a little romance and dares to dream.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE EVER
Review: I have seen a lot of movies, however this one tops my list as "The best movie I have ever seen". The originality of the story just makes me want to cry with joy, I have watched it in the theatres 7 times! Everytime someone Iknow says they have not yet seen it! I take them just to see the pure joy on their face when they watch it...you must go see it!
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Summary: Vive Amelie!
Review: Shining in a role that more than slightly resembles Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Tatou is sweet, flighty and more than a little devious. Amelie is a lonely waitress at a local bar/tabac in the Montmartre section of Paris. After the death of Princess Diana of Wales, she discovers a box of 'treasures' that once belonged to the little boy who lived in her apartment years before. Embarking on a 'quest', she reunites the now grown man with his childhood and is prompted to 'right other wrongs', eventually learning the difference between living and existing.
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Summary: I thoroughly enjoyed this film.
Review: It certainly took me a long time before I decided to watch this film. I was afraid it was going to be one of those artsy fartsy foreign films that are either too dark or too deep. I was in for such a pleasant surprise with Amelie. It is a romantic comedy of sorts. The movie starts out with an introduction to Amelie's childhood (how she was teased while growing up, how her mother died, what she did for fun, etc.) The real story of Amelie begins when her perfume bottle cap fell to the ground and dislodged a tile in her bathroom. Behind this tile is a little lozenge box filled with memorabilia from a boy's childhood. This is the moment Amelie decides to perform good deeds (and random acts of kindness); starting with returning this box to its rightful owner. Along the way, she finds time to play practical jokes on her mean neighbor downstairs, teach an old artist to see more of the world through television, solve a mystery involving the instant photographs of a man, get her father to travel around the world, and much much more. But where's the romance you might ask. Amelie's search for love began when she happened to make eye contact with a guy who has a hobby of rummaging through the trash beside/underneath an instant photography machine. She is intrigued enough to play a game such that they will meet again. Through all that happens to Amelie, the viewer is drawn into her magical world and learns to empathize with her. This is such a perfect date-movie. I saw it alone, but I can totally see a guy and girl enjoying this film. There aren't any awkward moments where strangers might feel uncomfortable. I guarantee that even the most indifferent of viewers will get atleast a giggle from this film. Go watch it! :)
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