Fresh
It is a tour de force of a bauble, if such a thing can exist.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Overview
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director
- Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Nino Quincampoix
- Rufus as Raphaël Poulain
- Serge Merlin as Raymond Dufayel
- Jamel Debbouze as Lucien
- Clotilde Mollet as Gina
- Claire Maurier as Suzanne
- Isabelle Nanty as Georgette
- Dominique Pinon as Joseph
- Artus de Penguern as Hipolito
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Jeunet has succeeded at drawing us inside his head; the question is, do we want to be there?
Ronnie Scheib, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It's hard not to fall under the spell of this moonstruck romance.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
How far should we trust a plea for benevolence when it feels like a box of tricks?
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rotten
Amelie contains enough material for a dozen or so charming shorts, but stretched to feature length, the whimsy grows wearisome, and the film delights far less than it seems to desire.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
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