Amelie

AMELIE

HERE IS A FILM SO ORIGINAL, SO FUNNY, AND SO WARM THAT IT LEFT ME WITH SMILING FOR HOURS AND THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK THINKING I WAS CRAZY. 

AMÉLIE POULAIN (AUDREY TAUTOU) IS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO GLIDES THROUGH THE STREETS OF PARIS AS QUIETLY AS A MOUSE. WITH WIDE EYES AND A TINY GRIN, SHE SEES THE WORLD IN A MAGICAL LIGHT, DISCOVERING MINOR MIRACLES EVERY DAY. A SHY AND RESERVED PERSON WHOSE FAVORITE MOMENTS ARE SPENT ALONE SKIMMING STONES INTO THE WATER, AMÉLIE WAS RAISED BY A PAIR OF ECCENTRICS WHO FALSELY DIAGNOSED HER WITH A HEART PROBLEM AT THE AGE OF SIX AND SO LIMITED HER EXPOSURE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. NOW A FREE AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN, AMÉLIE WEARS A BOB THAT CURLS IN EVERY DIRECTION AND DRESSES IN RED. WITH A JOB IN A CAFÉ AND AN APTITUDE FOR SPYING ON HER NEIGHBORS, AMÉLIE ENTERTAINS HERSELF BY ENACTING A SERIES OF HOMEMADE, KINDHEARTED PRACTICAL JOKES.

THE MOVIE IS DEEP AND TAKES AMÉLIE'S INNER STRUGGLE SERIOUSLY, BUT IT'S NEVER HEAVY. BRILLIANTLY HILARIOUS, "AMÉLIE" HAS A WONDERFULLY FUNNY SCRIPT AND IS BROUGHT TO LIFE IN VISUAL SPLENDOUR.

MY RATING:-                                                     3.9/5.0