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Please don't let the subtitles be a bother. Even little
rhyming jokes in this film work out in English. So what
if you have to read them rather than hear them?
Amelie is a girl whose sad childhood has left her isolated in
adulthood. She works as a waitress in a French bar, a
place where all of the regulars are characters and she seems
to be the only one aware of their schticks. Her mother has
died and she visits her lonely father often. At the
train station, she is drawn to a man who is digging underneath
a photo booth. She is intrigued. He runs off and
leaves a book behind. So, she decides that she will
return the book to him-- she will do this one nice thing, and
if it works out, she will do others.
The book is filled with discarded photographs of strangers.
One of them appears many times. Amelie, like the book's owner,
becomes obsessed with finding out why. Her dream world
runs wild and she is able to take the book's owner along.
They are united by a quirky sense of life and watching them
come together is delightful.
Amelie's father has a garden troll. A troll which he
loves. A troll which Amelie sends on a world-wide trip,
giving her father the thrill of intrigue. Amelie ends up
changing many lives and making many friends. She is
mysterious and she does strange things. She is funny and
she puts an evil grocer in his place. She is wily.
Everyone gets what they deserve -- peace, adventure, love, or
confusion. She works magic.
-- Liz (
3 1/2 out of 4 pops )
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