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DVD Amélie
Perhaps the most charming movie of all time, Amélie is certainly one of the top 10. The title character (the bashful and impish Audrey Tautou) is a single waitress who decides to help other lonely people fix their lives. Her widowed father yearns to travel but won't, so to inspire the old man she sends his garden gnome on a tour of the world; with whispered gossip, she brings together two cranky regulars at her café; she reverses the doorknobs and reprograms the speed dial of a grocer who's mean to his assistant. Gradually she realizes her own life needs fixing, and a chance meeting leads to her most elaborate stratagem of all. This is a deeply wonderful movie, an illuminating mix of magic and pragmatism. Fans of the director's previous films (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children) will not be disappointed; newcomers will be delighted. --Bret Fetzer
One of the best films I have ever seen. Every minute is perfect. It made appreciate life a little more, and I am not a sappy guy!
Truly Amazing
Although the movie is in French, that should by no means keep you from watching it. Although some momments are somewhat crude, the movie is laugh-out-loud funny and truly heartwarming and should definetely not be missed. In short, you have not lived until you have seem this movie.
Hard to Resist, But Has It's Dull Moments
"Amelie" is a charming French movie starring Audrey Tatou (The Da Vinci Code) as the title character; The movie combines gorgeous cinematography and art direction, to create the post-card look of Paris...This is one of those movies that has managed to gain appeal with people who don't usually watch Foreign films. It's not hard to see why. If I had to pick one word to best describe this film, I'd have no problem. That word, by the way, is quirky. This movie is incredibly quirky and unique, in ways that I can't fully describe. The movie is narrated and tells us things that aren't completely important to the film, but fit here nicely anyway. Amelie was born to a doctor and a schoolteacher. Longing to be touched (not like that) by her father, something he rarely does except during checkups, he becomes under the impression that she has a bad heart. Not allowed to go to school, she's homeschooled until her mother is killed in a freak accident (believe me, it's a very freak accident). Years later, Amelie is now a waitress and finds her life being changed one day as she hears that Princess Diana has died. In hearing this, she discovers a small tin box hidden in the wall of her flat; She then begins trying to find out who the box belongs too and then finds herself wanting to do good for some people. So, she essentially becomes a guardian angel/devil of sorts and ends up falling in love along the way. As I said, it's a strange movie. I'm writing this kind of late, so I'll get to the point. This is a movie that is so charming, that I think people will find it hard not to like. Problem is, it has its moments where it lags really bad...But other than that, it's a good little movie.
Both epic and intimate, A Very Long Engagement reunites Audrey Tautou and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the star and director of the hugely popular Amelie. A young woman named Mathilde (Tautou, Happenstance)separated from her lover by World War I refuses to believe he's been killed and launches an investigation into his fate--an investigation that spins in all directions, creating dozens of miniature stories (including that of an Italian prostitute avenging the death of her own lover by elaborate means) that shift to and fro in time. The dazzling curlicues of narrative put brutality and tenderness back to back, shifting between crushing inevitabilities and miraculous rescues with deft storytelling skill and the lush visual style of the director of Delicatessen and The... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Audrey Tautou - Gaspard Ulliel - Jodie Foster Director(s): Jean-Pierre Jeunet DVD Release Date: Released the 12 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With movies like Chocolat, it's always best to relax your intellectual faculties and absorb the abundant sensual pleasures, be it the heart-stopping smile of chocolatier Juliette Binoche as she greets a new customer, an intoxicating cup of spiced hot cocoa, or the soothing guitar of an Irish gypsy played by Johnny Depp. Adapted by Robert Nelson Jacobs from Joanne Harris's popular novel and lovingly directed by Lasse Hallström, the film covers familiar territory and deals in broad metaphors that even a child could comprehend, so it's no surprise that some critics panned it with killjoy fervor. Their objections miss the point. Familiarity can be comforting and so can easy metaphors when placed in a fable that's as warmly inviting as this one.
An absolute delight, L'Auberge Espagnole captures a moment in a life, seemingly about nothing and everything all at once. Xavier (Romain Duris), a young Parisian not sure what his life is about, decides to spend a year in Barcelona studying economics--leaving behind his unhappy girlfriend (Audrey Tautou, Amélie) but joining an international mix of students in a hectic, crowded apartment. Arguing and partying with his British, German, Danish, and Italian roommates--not to mention getting lessons in love from a Belgian lesbian (Cecile De France) so that he can seduce a friend's wife (Judith Godreche, Ridicule)--Xavier learns more about life than economics. The movie, beautifully shot on digital video, has a freshness and spontaneity that make its simple events--a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Romain Duris - Judith Godrèche - Audrey Tautou - Kelly Reilly Director(s): Cédric Klapisch DVD Release Date: Released the 23 December 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The fantastic visions of Belgian filmmakers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his baby brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbor is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ron Perlman - Daniel Emilfork Director(s): Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Marc Caro DVD Release Date: Released the 19 October 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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