I love this movie so much

One of my all time favorites.

How sad is this?

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Amelie is a great French movie combining the playful and eccentric nature so often deployed by period films when they're played out for fun. Audrey tatou is perfect for the titular character and the French capital has rarely looked as lovely. This film causes a stir when it was released in 2001 and you should have a look to see why. The dark comedic element, eccentric nature of the scenes and some great acting by Tatou should encourage you to do so.

Amelie is a great French movie combining the playful and eccentric nature so often deployed by period films when they're played out for fun. Audrey tatou is perfect for the titular character and the French capital has rarely looked as lovely. This film causes a stir when it was released in 2001 and you should have a look to see why. The dark comedic element, eccentric nature of the scenes and some great acting by Tatou should encourage you to do so.

Sometimes, you come across a film that you can relate to through such a personal, emotional, and even relatable level that it soon becomes a favorite of yours. Amelie is one of those films, as it manages to invoke a whimsical and optimistic charm from its titular character alone. The film itself remains the highest grossing French film released in America, and it's hard not to see why. As this is a vehicle for the delightful Audrey Tautou, the film depicts contemporary Parisian life in such a poetic fashion that it could make anyone change their life.The story itself focuses on a shy waitress named Amelie who, upon reuniting a man with his lost toy box, decides to change the lives of those around her for the better, despite struggling with isolation. Later on, she begins having feelings for a man named Nino, resulting her to play some sort of set up to win his heart while fighting with her inner shyness. I think shyness is the key word to describe how relatable Amelie truly is. She means well and is looking out for those she knows, but still remains introverted and quirky, thus making it hard for her to relate to "normal" people, making her romance with Nino all the more unconventional. In addition, the first part of the film centers around Amelie's childhood, which perfectly highlights her spending time alone to be entertained herself, further emphasizing just how relatable the film can be to any introvert.As for Audrey Tautou, she shines fantastically as Amelie, capturing her joyful albeit neurotic personality to such a lovable degree, and it's always fun to see her smiling. The other characters are charming in their own right, particularly Amelie's reclusive neighbor Raymond Dufayel with brittle bones who tries finding the key to perfecting his repainted copy of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. Other notable supporting characters are Amelie's co-workers, from the hypochondriacal Georgette, to the stern albeit compassionate Gina, to the tough albeit caring owner Suzanne, in addition to the repugnant Joseph and the failed writer Hipolito. Whether it'd be Nino or these aforementioned characters, all of them stand out from their own distinct quirks, like collecting discarded photos, popping bubble wrap, or even lusting over one another through sex, and it's great that Amelie sees nothing but the joy in all that.Lastly, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet crafts a marvelous visual aesthetic ranging from playful camera techniques, compositional scenes, and even occasional computer animation, mostly for the creatures in Amelie's imagination. These methods help give the film a very tongue & cheek presence by design, and cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel splendidly films Jeunet's crazy vision to tremendous heights. Not to mention, although the film is very funny from its sardonic humor and characters alone, possibly the best jokes come from Amelie's childhood, which subverts the most expectations through visual storytelling. The film truly knows when to have fun with itself, even through the visuals that perfectly define the dazzling world that Amelie sees in her daily life. Needless to say, dazzling sums up Amelie perfectly well, not just because of how enchanting it is by tone and design, but also by how sympathetic it is. It's not often I've come across a film I can relate to given how introverted yet imaginative I myself am. If you yourself are an introvert or prefer to live life through the smallest and simplest of things, seek this magnificent beauty out and see whether or not it relates to you on a personal level or not. More often than not, I think it's better that we just forget about much of the world problems and just look on the simplicities of life. You never know what aspects you'll end up admiring.

Amélie is a story focused on building its' interesting and nuanced characters. Something it does very well. The action of the character's lives is intermittently broken by narration that occasionally feels needlessly random, not fitting the tone of the movie. The score, done by Yann Tiersen, is beautifully written and engineered, blending into the story masterfully Overall it is a simple movie, strange, but in a charming way.