Amelie (Amélie)
The movie centers on Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, who decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows, while struggling with her own isolation. Along the way, Amelie discovers love.
21 January 1962, Verdun, Meuse, France
August 4, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
1945, France
27 February 1910, Palisades, New Jersey, USA
3 August 1967, Paris, France
18 June 1975, Paris, France
4 March 1955, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
23 January 1966, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
24 June 1944, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
December 02, 2014
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie is one of those once-in-a-decade comedies which scatters its charm like pearls from a broken necklace, all the more adorable because they are not real.
April 09, 2014
Jeunet has succeeded at drawing us inside his head; the question is, do we want to be there?
April 09, 2014
Underlying the directorial derring-do is an enduring truth: Love really can conquer all.
October 21, 2014
It's all very charming, often amusing, and there is hardly a dull moment.
December 10, 2015
The whimsical romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet burst through the language barrier to become an international success.
April 09, 2014
It is a tour de force of a bauble, if such a thing can exist.
April 09, 2014
It's hard not to fall under the spell of this moonstruck romance.
June 08, 2015
There really aren't all that many movies made at this level of achievement whose subject matter and tone both support the idea that the world and the people in it are basically good.
April 09, 2014
Tautou is a remarkable young actress. Her wide-eyed, gamine look, reminiscent of a young Audrey Hepburn or Leslie Caron, gives Amelie an innocence and vulnerability that is so essential to make the story work.
April 09, 2014
Amelie contains enough material for a dozen or so charming shorts, but stretched to feature length, the whimsy grows wearisome, and the film delights far less than it seems to desire.
April 09, 2014
It's not the deepest movie of the season, but it has sprightly performances and cinematic style to spare.
April 09, 2014
How far should we trust a plea for benevolence when it feels like a box of tricks?
