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Amelie
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, and Serge Merlin
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.99
Release Date: 2002-07-16
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Run Time: 122 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
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

2) Description
Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay, this magical comedy earned overwhelming acclaim nationwide! A painfully shy waitress working at a tiny Paris cafe, Amélie makes a surprising discovery and sees her life drastically changed for the better! From then on, Amélie dedicates herself to helping others find happiness ... in the most delightfully unexpected way! But will she have the courage to do for herself what she has done for others?

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Ever So Charming   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Who could possibly resist the charm and good feelings that this movie brings? It is a visually stunning and emotionally wonderful film that ranks as one of my favorite films of all time. Audrey Tautou's performace is enchanting and you can't help but root for her throughout the film. Filled with humor, romance and mystery, there isn't much about this film that isn't perfect.

2) "It's better to help people than garden gnomes."   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
It is not that I don't like 'Amelie' and don't appreciate its charm and whimsy - I am yet to see the streets of Montmartre, Paris as magic as in the movie, and I've been to Paris and found it the most beautiful place in the world. It is that I don't find it fabulous, amazing, and original enough to grant its status of one of the greatest movies ever made according the multiple top lists. One of the IMDB reviewers described "Amelie" the best: "sweet, sweet, sweet" - and that triple sweetness was a bit too much for my taste, I guess. I found it amusing and very good looking but the story of a naive shy young girl who found her destiny in making people around her happy by helping them find love and while doing so, finding her own love, as sweet as it sounds, left me indifferent. To sum up, for me, "Amelie" is a pleasant little movie but not a timeless masterpiece which would stay in my memory for long time.

3) A Masterpiece   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Amazing Magnificent Enchanting Lovable Intelligent Excellent Miss it at your peril!

4) Will Melt Your Heart   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Amelie is, without a doubt, one of the most heartwarming films ever made. A painfully shy waitress, Amelie Poulain happens upon a chance discovery that changes her life. She vows to become a "regular do-gooder," touching the lives of those around her and, in one hilarious scene, giving the mean-spirited grocer Colignon his just desserts for picking on his slow-witted assistant Lucien. Nonetheless, Amelie remains within the inner world of her rich imagination and seldom ventures out to forge real relationships with others. When she encounters Nino, an unusual young man with whom she feels a natural affinity, she longs for a relationship but can't bring herself to approach him, instead concocting elaborate "stratagems" to bring them together.Audrey Tautou is absolutely adorable as Amelie, and the artful cinematography, quirky characters, and whimsical story come together in a wonderful film that celebrates the magic of everyday life. Amelie sees the world with a childlike sense of wonder that is thoroughly contagious. The film is full of quirky, idiosyncratic characters, from the neurotic father who spends his days tending to a garden gnome to the Glass Man, a gifted painter who hasn't left his apartment in 20 years. Nino, like Amelie herself, is a dreamer, preoccupying himself with a scrapbook of pictures he sweeps out from under a photo booth. Before that, a co-worker informs Amelie, his pastime was tape recording funny laughs. Amelie is the kind of movie that can be watched dozens of times without losing its magic. It's an infallible antidote to the blues that will warm your heart and bring a smile to your face every time.

5) My favorite foreign film...   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Amelie is the best foreign film to date... The comedy is magical and its cinematography is great. Every frame of this film is artwork, I swear. This film is the best that I've seen in years, and I would recommend it to anybody.