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Summary: How Refreshing
Review: A refreshing change from the usual Hollywood fare. One person CAN make a difference.
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Summary: Fresh, and Inspiring.
Review: Amelie is one of the most creative, and inspiring films I have seen in a while. Beautifully filmed, and with a great cast, Amelie is an optimistic love story. Audrey Tautou gave a great performance, and so did the other cast members. My favorite character is the garden gnome. Watch it, and you'll see. I highly recommend this film!
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Summary: romantic with a lowercase r
Review: The really charming thing about Amelie is not the nymph-like Audrey Tautou's quiet characterization of the highly-imaginative if not self-martyring title character. Its not the stylized "magic realism" that sweeps through the film from the beginning sequences. The charm of this visually remarkable film is in its ability not to get overwhelmed in itself. Before the cynic in me wrote off the film as overly-Romanticized ennui, the script and pacing kept the film in check. The closure for each of the characters was not always a happy one and the film did not feel obligated to patronize the audience in that way nor was the "cuteness" dominating. A great contemporary romance story and an homage to the highly sensitive.
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Summary: Movie Magic
Review: Movies are for entertainment. Movies are for dreaming. Some use it for philosophy or to practice cinematography techniques, but in the end, the whole idea is to have an experience. Amelie is a wonderful experience. The tag line says that "she will change your life", and if you're in the mood, she will do it. The marvelous music, all the special effects (yes, the movie is full of them), the cast, and all the details are intended to give us an experience of love, optimism and wonder for simple things. Those who critized technicals aspects or plot or philosophical ideas from Mr. Jaunet, are missing the point.
The DVD is excellent, specially Mr. Jaunet comments about the production.
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Summary: excellent surprise
Review: In my humble opinion, what made this picture so great for me was the fact to be so surprised on the first time i watched it : do you know whats going on ? Do you know how many scenes ? Do you know if this is a love story, a comedy, or something else ? No matter ! When you answer "NO", you can be sure to appreciate Amelie. This movie is a tale, it could be a cartoon : the big success in France suggests that most of the French understood that and didn't care about grey realism. Anyway it doesn't seem necessary to get a childish soul to appreciate Amelie; you can appreciate also the mood, the visuals, the score and why not respect the hard poetic work delivered by the scenarist and underlined by all these different scenes crossing each other to display a wonderful movie. Thanks a lot, Mister Jeunet ! Amelie took care of her neighborhood, and many moviegoers took care of this masterpiece.
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Summary: Thoroughly delightful
Review: A wonderful movie I could watch over and over again, catching little details (the pig lamp that turns itself off..)I was prepared for a light-hearted movie, and it is that, but it's got more depth than the previews let on. Definately a keeper.
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Summary: Best Movie Ever Made
Review: This is the most amazing piece of film I have ever been witness to. I saw this 6 times in the theater, and am very happy to own the DVD also. You will not regret owning this classic. Amelie is a character that everyone can relate to- she is everyone's inner voice. This is a quirky thoughtful piece. I love it.
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Summary: cute kitsch
Review: a cute film, worth the price of admission but not that much more. It was irritating to see my city shown in such kitschy form. You just cannot walk around these neighbourhoods without seeing a substantial portion of the population as black or arab... many other such minor details that irritate a parisian.
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Summary: Movie is Great, Nice Features, DVD Quality is Not Good
Review: My theory is that people who buy DVDs and VHSes have already seen what is on the medium and have made their own decisions about the story itself.If you did not like the movie, you're not likely to buy it. If you have not seen it, you're more likely to rent it for three bucks than buy it. Yes? So, here is a review of the *DVD*. It is not good. In the commentary by the director, he even admits that he pushed the color too far to green and said he was not sure it worked. It is annoyingly green. There are things that are green that should not be green. If you have ever been to Paris, you know that the walls of the Metro are beige and not green. The movie is adorable. Tatou is adorable. The characters are cute and quirky. The added footage, interviews and commentary are very good. The director's chatter over the film is very French, "Zees is my favorite scene....well, zees is my favorite scene...no, really zees is my absolute favorite scene, more zan zee others!" The techical info is great. The peek into the ordered mind of the director is very edifying (if you want a director, hire this guy. He doesn't waste film. He plans it out ahead in great detail.) But the movie itself is just too darned green. I hope this is fixed in any future releases.
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Summary: WHERE IS LOUISE BROOKS?
Review: Splendid kooky MTV photography and Louise Brooks look-alike Audrey Tautou launch this zippy paen to love and Paris. It's too long, but the green colors are cool. It does seem like somethings missing.
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