It would be misleading to call this romantic comedy, because grief lies between the romantic segments, and about half the movie preceding anything significantly comic. Audrey Tautou, pixyish lead of Amélie, gets to demonstrate a wider range of temperaments as she reassesses her life and romantic possibilities following a tragedy. There is nothing unnatural about the transitions between these moods, or at least nothing more unnatural than it would be to anyone who has experienced such transitions. I didn’t care for the jarring music that marks some of them, but I did appreciate not knowing where the story would lead. In addition to Tautou’s very specific character, the film includes perhaps the best portrayal I’ve seen of someone (Francois Damiens, as the most awkward of her three suitors) who thinks that the woman he desires is out of his league.
viewed 3/25/2012 3:50 at Ritz 5 and reviewed 3/26/12–4/24/12
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