Full of charm, wit and oddball characters, Amelie is a delight as the innocent and naive yet big-hearted Amelie (Audrey Tatou – Coco Before Chanel, The Da Vinci Code) looks to help others – and unexpectedly finds love.
Shot through with a warm, painterly palette (cinematographer – Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth, A Very Long Engagement), director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Bigbug) creates a whimsical Gallic world where Amelie, working as a waitress in central Paris, helps others around her. But as the hypochondriac, artist, annoying customer, even her own father, are helped, so Amelie recognises her own needs are being ignored. Until she comes into contact with Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz – La haine, Happy End), collector of discarded photobooth photos.
Joyful and warm-hearted joie de vivre, Amelie is an eccentric delight.
Nominated for 5 Oscars in 2002 including best foreign language film, original script, cinematography.
Rating: 83%
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