Amelie

Director: Jean-pierre Jeunet
Actors: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 971 reviews
Sales Rank: 681

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.7

MPN: DISD26075D
UPC: 786936180893
EAN: 0786936180893
ASIN: B0000640VO

Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: July 16, 2002
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5 out of 5 stars Best movie Audrey Tautou has done    January 6, 2009
David Hartson (Idaho)
The point of view for this movie, the narration and Audrey's superb acting make this one movie you simply have to have in your collection. If you don't know about Audrey, this one is the best introduction you could find. And the story line is creative, sweet, ironic and iconic. Very much worth the price. I loaned a copy to a friend and never got it back... so bought another copy as it makes a great gift!


5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Charming !!!    October 3, 2008
Robert Barrera (St. Petersburg, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is an instant classic. Directed with a retro and modern feelers entwined throughout every scene, Amelie pulls you in and again further still. This movie seems like a children's tale and would make a great film for such with proper edits. It finishes with a nice moral rub for shy or difficult to understand people embedded in a warm, gooey bed of personal satisfaction. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."


5 out of 5 stars 2nd time viewing..    October 3, 2008
Rodney Basconcillo (Hawaii, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I watched Amelie on DVD several years ago for fun, and really enjoyed it. Then a few weeks ago I finally ordered my own DVD and watched it again. It's great to watch even a second time thru, probably because it's hard to catch everything the first time. And that's because many of the good parts of Amelie are very brief, especially in the first 20 minutes or so when Amelie's childhood & teenhood are shown in a pretty fast pace. Just like how the official summary of the movie describes Amelie, she is "painfully shy" but also playful & enthusiastic with her eccentric hobbies, like skipping stones (as well as "stealing" nice skipping stones throughout the movie XD), and helping people out.

As for the content of the movie, the story has some elements of intrigue & mystery, and with the shy-yet-mischievous Amelie character wanting to do things in her indirect ways, a lot of light-hearted action takes place while these little "mysteries" are solved. Overall it starts off as a comedy, with bits of adult content (brief showings of nude breasts & non-explicit sex scenes), a few fun fantasy elements like inanimate photos & animal-objects talking to her, and gradually turns into a light, adorable romantic comedy in the 2nd half. She and her love interest are based on a curious crush on each other, with their main goal being to simply find out more of each other, without meeting, yet. XD (As opposed to typical romantic comedies where the main characters hook up, fight, get back together, have dramas, then FINALLY get back together.)

Another thing to note about this movie is the presentation. The style is very artistically composed, with colors being selected & saturated to get an almost toy-like world in some scenes. The various characters have distinct personalities, from an obnoxiously bossy vendor to a quiet, wise painter.

Overall, people who are tired of typical romantic comedies will like how eccentric this movie is. Shy/quiet people will relate to Amelie's interests & personality, as this is a very "character-driven" movie.


5 out of 5 stars j'adore!    October 3, 2008
R. Brent (miami, florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

i love this movie so much. finally a happy-go-lucky movie with charm that'll make you laugh and feel all warm and fuzzy inside! :)


1 out of 5 stars Alert. If you're looking for wholesome, this is not really it.    September 24, 2008
Trish (USA)
2 out of 21 found this review helpful

In my humble opinion this would have been a precious movie except for a few things, like...the frontal nudity and shots of people making out. Then there is the idea that people can live happily ever after if they fall into bed after barely knowing one another. Stuff like that. Doesn't work for me. If you can believe it, you will enjoy this movie. As for me I'm reeeeeally glad I watched a cheap used copy before I gave a DVD as a gift to a teenage relative - since I had gotten the impression elsewhere that this was a safe bet.