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100This is the Paris -- and the mad, beautiful young Parisienne -- we look for in dreams.
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100A feel-good movie, in the absolute best sense.
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100Joyous. This is a film that will put a goofy grin on your face from the opening frame, through to the credits, out into the lobby, the whole way home, and possibly even till you fall asleep.
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100The movie is never mechanical or emotionally contrived, and at its heart is a guileless, enchanting performance by Tautou.
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100A movie for aesthetically hungry moviegoers: wildly amusing, sometimes sardonic and always touching. There's so much here, and all of it delightful.
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91The charming movie, already an international success, seduces.
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90There is no denying that Amélie is, to paraphrase its title, fabulous.
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90Amelie is joie de vivre in a nougat.
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89A film that wants you to get happy.
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88A delicious pastry of a movie -- You see it, and later when you think about it, you smile.
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88At two hours, the movie is probably 15 minutes too long -- the final half-hour in particular could have used some trimming -- but complaining about having too much of a good thing makes one sound like a grouch.
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88Irresistibly endearing, with a visual verve all its own.
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88Delightful and original, the film conjures up a corner of Paris distinct and specific, yet fairy-tale fanciful.
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83A big-hearted French movie that shines with wit, beauty, humor, sunshine and the love of love.
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80Fresh, funny, exquisitely bittersweet tour de force.
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80An endearing film, and a fascinating one.
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75The barometer for whether you'll enjoy Amélie is whether you liked "Moulin Rouge" last summer. If snappy visuals, tangy colors, mood-drenched scenery, and a good-hearted heroine make you as happy as a box of Parisian chocolates, it's definitely for you.
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75A slick, sweet, fast-paced, feel-good romantic fantasy that's fairly irresistible if you can keep your cynicism in check for a couple of hours.
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75A charmer, a movie whose embrace of cinema is so passionate it could be mistaken for an embrace of life.
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70Jeunet wants us to know that times are hard for dreamers and that one shouldn't pass up a chance for true love. He means it, no doubt, but he doesn't have the simplicity of soul to quite bring off the sentiment. Still, we're charmed by the attempt.
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70The screen is saturated with Gallic whimsy and the romance of Montmartre in the person of Amélie.
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63Whether you're charmed or bored by the movie depends entirely on your feelings for Amelie, a young woman whose hyper-quirky personality both takes some getting used to and grows old fast.
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63Akin to being force-fed sugary confections from a bottomless bowl. At first the idea seems just grand, but after a while, all you want to do is scream, "Enough!"
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60The lanky, wide-eyed Tautou is so phenomenally charming -- her smile could sweeten vinegar -- as to make Amelie irresistible.
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60Not a film for everyone, but if you're in the mood for a little sensory overload, some spirited intellectual gymnastics and an introduction to the most intriguing new actress Europe has produced in years, get in line with the rest of the thrill-seekers.
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50You could get drunk, or ill, on the high dose of whimsy in Amelie.
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50The ease with which the perky, big-eyed heroine ingeniously succeeds in improving the lot of everyone around her and the painterly manner in which reality in every inch of the frame is "improved" constitute both the "quirky" charm and the pure fishiness of the film.
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40The problem is that the charm and good spirits of Amélie feel calculated rather than natural.
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40Features an aggressive, in-your-face romanticism that's noticeably lacking in genuine warmth. While its story of lonely misfits searching for love has appealing moments, more often it turns into an overbearing fable overburdened with fake joie de vivre.
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As a director, he seems incapable of trusting his actors to carry the mood, preferring always to lend them a backup -- jokes, fripperies, kooky camera angles -- that they don't require. [5 Nov 2001, p. 105]
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20Sucks -- because it's a frenetic bore that insists on its audience's adoration while making no demands upon their intelligence.
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