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Am�lie is sweetly touching, but goes for the low-key effect and really does feel like a foreign film. A lot of times, I forget during the course and it seems like the actors are saying the subtitled English words. Not this time. I�m thinking of Run Lola Run in specific. That seemed to be a quality American film (haha, right?).
Am�lie decides to return a photo album to Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz). She completes her deed but ends up falling in love (surprise surprise). When Am�lie was delivering the album to Nino (and other times), I was surprised on how complex her schemes were. She didn�t explode with talent like that throughout the film, so it surprised me.
Tautou is very good as Am�lie, I love her smile. She displayed emotions very well. Kassovitz was also fabulous; people like that need to get more work that comes out here in the U.S. Everyone else involved in the picture is very gifted (including Rufus, who plays Am�lie�s father) and talented. Pictures like this don�t come out very often.
Movies like Am�lie are sure to be crowd-pleasers. Which it is. Its crowd-pleasing attitude was taken with a little arrogance, but it still managed to keep a goofy smile on your face for 122 minutes. Speaking of the runtime, I found it very hard to sit through, for some reason. I enjoyed all of it, but seemed unnecessary. If one of the subplots about Am�lie�s escapades were taken out, it would have been better.
It also had a good amount of humor. I loved the beginning, when we learn about Am�lie�s childhood, and we learn what everyone�s likes and dislikes were. It seemed ridiculous yet true. Some of the humor, and the whole movie, faltered during the last hour-the rather quick pace of the first hour slowed down a lot and brought down my experience of the film.
Am�lie is a gentle yet entertaining non-Hollywood film that�s a sure crowd-pleaser.
Rated R for sexual situations.
Review Date: December 25, 2002
