Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulin (2001) 10/10!
January 16, 2008
One person can change your life forever
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Screenplay: Guillaume Laurent and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz
Rating R
Country: France
Language: French [English subtitles available]
Music: Yann Tiersen
Review:
Amelie is a young woman with a very active imagination. She believes that by taking matters into her own hands, she can change people’s lives for the better. Throughout her personal missions –which include making two miserable people fall in love, giving a terrible boss his just desserts and helping a woman remember the love she once had for her husband–, she falls in love with a young man. Having lived a very secluded childhood due to her father’s suspicions of a heart condition, her social skills are that of a highly imaginative young girl. Her means to seduce the man she loves are creative, to say the least, until she eventually realizes with the help of an old man’s guidance that she may be keeping him at bay out of fear of approaching him directly.
‘Magical’ is really the best word to describe this movie. Amélie’s world is filled with interesting people, which is the first strong point of the film. Every character has a story and a purpose. As the plot develops, you end up not only wanting to know the fate of the main characters, but those of the secondary characters as well. The rendering of each intricately written role by the actors is wonderful, Tautou and Kassovitz especially despite the difficulty of playing credible adults with such childlike naïveté. The artistic direction and the photography also play an immensely important role in this film, creating a world which plays a character in itself. The way the vibrant colors are used to give a childlike feel to the everything the heroine sees adds an interesting and beautiful final touch.
Images aside, the soundtrack for Amélie is absolutely beautiful.
Basically I recommend this film to anyone looking for a feel-good movie that isn’t total crap.
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulin gets 10 ripped photo booth pictures out of 10.
Links:
- Official Site (no longer available)
- IMDb link
- Theatrical Trailer (English)
- Rent it on NetFlix
- Buy it on Amazon
salut je m appel HInd chui du Maroc j ai 16 ans je t aime tros Audrey ce film et le meilleur film que j ai vu chui tros contente g l ai vu aujourd hui c été super. Bonne continuation Audrey et merci pour Emptylockers. La fidéle léctrise HIND JABEUR .
salut c moi encor Hind.Ben chui comme Amélie Poulin je l’aime tros j ai vu ce film 10 fois c pos tros hihihi mais j ai trouvé qu il ya plein de chose tros intérésante dans ce film il et génial car il et comique et romentique et …… bon chui trés contente de tou ca ;merci parceque vous me donné la chance de dir tou mes sentiment merci baucoup a Emptylockers et bonne contuniation.La fidéle léctrise HIND JABEUR.
For those who have seen Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s romantic French film, here is some background information and the filming locations of Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain in and around the Montmartre district of Paris.
À bientôt,
Alexandre Fabbri
Brasserie Alizé