Narrator can summarize the backstory of every single character, whether they’re major or minor, it gets a little annoying. The narrator…ugh! I get that he has to spoon-feed us exposition about Raphael and Amandine Poulain (Ma and Pa), but when the story stops so that Mr. The movie presents the topic of loneliness in a light-hearted, yet respectful manner. Oblivious to just how lonely she is, she discovers herself with each new person she helps. Interestingly, the movie makes Amelie unaware of these inner walls until she begins her humanitarian quest. Innocent without being childish, aimless but still hardworking, Amelie’s desire to help others is the closest she can come to human connections without endangering her own inner walls. Little details like that can endear the character to the audience.Īudrey Tatou is enchanting as Amelie. I really appreciate learning the smaller details about her, like how she likes feeling the smooth texture of market lima beans underneath her fingertips or how because her father only interacted with her during her monthly checkups, his hand on her shoulder made her heart skip aflutter (this was when she was a child). Thanks to competent writing, everything about her is well-established I know her past, her likes and dislikes, her successes and failures, and most importantly, what motivates her. This movie is gung-ho about making sure that you know Amelie Poulain as intimately as the filmmakers do. As always, though, I’ll start with the positive.Īs a character study, Amelie succeeds. This film is definitely an acquired taste and I tried really hard to get sucked into the whacky and whimsical world of Amelie, but I had some issues with it. I’m going to review this with as much charity to the fans of Amelie as possible, but at the end of the day, I have to be honest. A lot of people really like this movie, or at the very least respect it. Guys and gals, this is going to be a tough review. After she returns it to him, she makes it her mission to help others by finding their lost stuff and giving it back to them, all while coping with her own inability to form connections with others. This is my review of Amelie/Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain!Īfter having lived through a quirky childhood with her eccentric, neurotic parents, Amelie Poulain grows up to be a shy, self-isolating waitress whose life changes when she stumbles upon a memorabilia that belongs to a man who lived in her apartment in the 1950’s. I’d be weirded out if Amelie was also a blogger. (Plays Inception music in the background) The irony of this review is that a movie about a young woman with short dark hair is being reviewed by a young woman with short dark hair.
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