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Release Date: December, 2002 Retail Price: $19.99 OUR Price: $16.49 You SAVE: $3.50! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
Amelie Reviews
CHARMING, TOUCHING, EXHILIRATING, ROMANTIC
Tale of a young girl in Paris with uncanny intuition who finds herself in a state of boredom which she cures by helping others who are leading turbulent, unsatisfying lives. In doing so, she meets a man who touches her soul and eventually leads to love.
Look for how she firsts set up a meeting of the man through mystery.
Great movie for a date, assuming you're both romantic.
The director mentioned this started as a thriller but he so much enjoyed the love tale that he went with it. Good thing.
Simply brilliant, a must see
Amelie had never really appealed to me before now. My dad bought it a while ago, and has been hassling me to watch it. It's only when I decided that I had to have A Very Long Engagement (by the same director, and also starring Audrey Tatou), that I decided I had to check this one out first.
Audrey Tatou is simply wonderful, and a joy to watch. I wasn't keen on the hairstyle, although it highlighted her perfect cheekbones. She was full of expressions, and even the simplest widening of her eyes, or something similar was wonderful.
The film was also full of the most unique characters I've seen in a long time, and they steal the show out from under Audrey's feet. I particularly liked the old guy who painted. He was spying on Amelie & she was spying on him at the same time! The film is almost entirely focused on the title character, a loner in life, who found sex unenjoyable (what?!), and entertains herself by helping others. The subtitles aren't offputting at all, which can sometimes be found in films. You do however wish you were fluent in French, it can make it so much easier! There's actually a guy in this film, who has a hobby of collecting the torn up photos from photo booths, and piecing them back together. And then keeping them all in an album. Audrey finds this album, and then discovers there's always a reacurring face amongst them. Who is he? Watch the film & find out.
The film can come across as quite childish, but there's also a lot of mentions of sex. Amelie sitting on top of a roof, wondering how many people out there are having orgasms, the striptease, the couple getting it on in the cafe, and the adult shop.
There's a couple of really funny scenes, but the one that's really memorable for me, is the scene with the blind guy. Amelie spots him trying to cross the road, takes his arm, and promptly takes him across the road, and further on, describing everything around them, before leaving him at the station. She probably took him ages out his way, but that's never mentioned.
Movies like this one don't come along very often, and I urge you to go and see it - and then go see A Very Long Engagement, which I'm dying to get on DVD! However, I fear it's a film you'll love or hate, but give it a try. You have to try everything once.
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