
Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real-life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decide... (Full plot summary below)
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Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real-life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost," a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades - she finds out that she is disregarding her own life and damaging her quest for love. Amélie then discovers she must become more aggressive and take a hold of her life and capture the beauty of love she has always dreamed of.
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| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA movie for aesthetically hungry moviegoers: wildly amusing, sometimes sardonic and always touching. There's so much here, and all of it delightful. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaCynics can scoff all they want, but why, when it's simply easier to just surrender to the magic? |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittTatou ... has this look that says, 'I can't wait to tell you about this amazing thing I've seen.' After I saw Amelie, I had that look, too. |
| New York Magazine/VulturePeter RainerJeunet wants us to know that times are hard for dreamers and that one shouldn't pass up a chance for true love. He means it, no doubt, but he doesn't have the simplicity of soul to quite bring off the sentiment. Still, we're charmed by the attempt. |
| Hollywood.comGuylaine CadoretteJean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen) took the romantic comedy formula and turned into a sweet original and entertaining film. |
| L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisA frenetic bore that insists on its audience's adoration while making no demands upon their intelligence. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. PuccioTautou...is absolutely delightful playing the simple, lovable, waiflike lead character, who is so irresistibly drawn to people yet unable to interrelate with them. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe barometer for whether you'll enjoy Amélie is whether you liked "Moulin Rouge" last summer. If snappy visuals, tangy colors, mood-drenched scenery, and a good-hearted heroine make you as happy as a box of Parisian chocolates, it's definitely for you. |
| Associated PressChristy LemireUnderlying the directorial derring-do is an enduring truth: Love really can conquer all. |
| The Film YapNick RogersAmelie and Nino's love story bursts forth in a colorful fantasia. Their wild goose chase of romance soars as high as Bruno Delbonnel's absinthe-tinged camerawork. And their kiss makes for one of the Zeroes' most tender and quietly sensual. |