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Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001)

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90

Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 145
Fresh: 131 | Rotten: 14

The feel-good Amelie is a lively, fanciful charmer, showcasing Audrey Tautou as its delightful heroine.

86

Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 4

The feel-good Amelie is a lively, fanciful charmer, showcasing Audrey Tautou as its delightful heroine.

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Average Rating: 4.2/5
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Movie Info

One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in this charming and romantic comic fantasy from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. Her mother Amandine (Lorella Cravotta) died in a freak

Jul 16, 2002

$33.2M

Miramax Films

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All Critics (165) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (15) | DVD (44)

Tautou is gloriously alive in the title role.

November 16, 2001 Comment
Orlando Sentinel
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The sunniest face and the greatest acclaim belong to Audrey Tautou, who is new to these shores. A delight in the title role, she's like a young Audrey Hepburn, making us laugh and feel empathy without feeling manipulated.

November 9, 2001 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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There's so much here, and all of it delightful.

November 9, 2001 Comment
Washington Post
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It is a rare thing to have an illuminating experience whilst watching a film, but that is exactly what is encountered with Amelie.

January 4, 2012 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

What comes across most powerfully is Jeunet's athletic, playful directing style, a tour de force of tricks, gags and effects.

October 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

A magnificent movie -- made a masterpiece by Audrey Tautou.

July 25, 2011 Comment
ÜberCiné

Sometimes it's enough to attend the cinema to escape to another world

February 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | Comment

Thoughtful, charming for 16+.

December 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Amelie 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.

September 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Suite101.com

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/09/16/film-review-amelie-2002/

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

In his solo effort, Jeunet puts aside the darkly humorous sensibility of his previous films (Delicatessen, co-directed with Caro)in the service of a sweet but toothless (and sexless) romantic comedy that's bound to make lead Audrey Tautou a star.

March 29, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Adorable beyond belief, [Audrey Tatou] wins our hearts with a performance that could comfortably exist in silent cinema.

March 31, 2005 Comment
DVDMon.com

Jeunet's film is an ambitious, rich, and rewarding experience, packed end-to-end with delightful creativity.

December 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Looking Closer | Comment
Looking Closer

If you liked the quirky German film Run Lola Run and the romanticism of Chocolat, you'll want to see this whimsical new-wave picture

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)

time to see again

July 7, 2007
brooklynspo

Super Reviewer

Don't know how I missed this film for so long because it's become my favorite film. It's like Tim Burton but French, French, here, meaning "better."

July 24, 2007
djdemersseman

Super Reviewer

    1. Old Man Collignon: Your bones aren't made of glass, you can take life's knocks.
    – Submitted by Donnchadh G (19 days ago)
    1. Hipolito (the writer): Failure teaches us that life is but a draft, an endless rehearsal of a show that will never play.
    – Submitted by Theta S (9 months ago)
    1. Amélie: At least you'll never be a vegetable. Even artichokes have hearts.
    – Submitted by Theta S (9 months ago)
    1. Amélie: I am nobody's little weasel.
    – Submitted by Chris P (9 months ago)
    1. Amélie: It's better to help people than garden gnomes.
    – Submitted by Chris P (9 months ago)

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