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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 190 Ratings

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  • Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Summary: Amélie, a young waitress in a tiny Parisian café, discovers an old box of childhood treasures hidden beneath her apartment floorboards which leads her on an odyssey to transform the lives of her neighbors, and perhaps even her own.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    This is the Paris -- and the mad, beautiful young Parisienne -- we look for in dreams.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    The lanky, wide-eyed Tautou is so phenomenally charming -- her smile could sweeten vinegar -- as to make Amelie irresistible.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    20
    Sucks -- because it's a frenetic bore that insists on its audience's adoration while making no demands upon their intelligence.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 88 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 103
  3. Negative: 13 out of 103
  1. Sophie
    10
    An artistic movie, art in sounds colors, everything its just magic. A fairy tale that moves the world for searching happines, best movie i have seen, exciting until the very last minutes. worth watching and understanding. Perfect art movie.… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  2. Greatbeallo
    10
    This is my favorite film of all time. Audrey Tautou shines as the beautiful title character. The film is inspiring. It reminds us that we are all capable of greatness even if we feel small and incapable. It will leave you smiling, and full of hope. Films like Amelie are rare. The film is full of many visual treats, and humorous anecdotes. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is at his best here, and Yann Tiersen offers up a truly masterful score that serves as the perfect garnish for this cinematic feast.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. Brian_McInnis
    0
    Thirty-five. That is the approximate number of times I bellowed the usual two-word, seven-letter refrain at the screen while watching this abomination of cinema. That would bring the total number of instances I've bellowed this phrase at a movie to perhaps forty. Every other movie I've ever seen is a better movie than 'Amelie', but it will appeal very well to people who'd rather live in a different universe. It picks up people and uses them like toys, like terminally uninformed parodies of humanity. It has all the realism of a Pokemon episode. It squanders reality. I have never, ever been more infuriated by a movie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's previous film was 'Alien: Resurrection', which goes part-way, but not all the way, in explaining how this film is as bad as it is. That's about all I'm going to say about 'Amelie'. I'd like to tell you that this is because the film's Hadesian wretchedness is beyond my ability to properly describe, but that would constitute a falsehood of 'Amelie'-like proportion. The truth is that I possess the vocabulary, but lack the strength of will. For Jean-Pierre Jeunet to spit in my face would be so much kinder than what he did to me by making this movie it would constitute an atonement.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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