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This film is simply brilliant. Absolutely original, a love

story/romantic comedy with not one cliché'. Every moment is so

new that it makes you wonder how someone came up with something so original in a time when movies are just variations on

the same over-used formula.

Everything is in the details and this film proves it. This movie is so

rich in detail and character that it doesn't need to beg to be

watched more than once, it charms you into wanting to seeing it

again.

I'm not a fan of the romantic comedy genre in general and yet there

isn't a single moment in this film I didn't like.

I think the director/co-writer has been working his way up to

something like this. It seems to be a completely undiluted vision. I only hope he has more to give us, because this one is going to

be hard to top.

It's no surprise that the Academy once again didn't have a clue

when they not only didn't nominate this for the main best picture

category but it didn't even win best foreign film. Why was Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon nominated the year

before in the main best picture category and not this in 2001?

I love dark depressing films and yet this film is so great that it

makes its way into my list of favorites. it is the epitome of a feel

good movie, without being cheap or sugary. Pure fun.

Exactly what movies should do. It makes you think. It makes you

happy. It makes you forget your troubles for two hours and renews

your faith (temporarily) in humanity. What more could you ask for?

Well maybe accurate subtitles. The just released DVD has fairly inaccurate subtitles. I counted a

least five mistakes in the English subtitles. For example, Amelie

phones Nino and tells him to turn to page 56 (or something to the

effect) but the subtitle reads "turn to Page St" What the hell does that mean? Another is there are numerous references to Lady Diana's death. The grocer is talking about the alcohol level in the driver of her car

when it crashed. However the subtitles read. "The trucker had an

alcohol level of ..." Now we have no idea that they are talking about Diana's chauffeur,

you can clearly hear the grocer saying chauffeur. Chauffeur is not

trucker in English. The meaning of that line is lost. unless you

know a little French. Unfortunately, my French is not good enough

to pick out all the other possible mistranslations. It's very

disheartening to suspect you might be missing more because

some dumb ass translator wasn't doing their job right. French is

an easy language to translate into English. It's not like Japanese

or Russian. So why the errors?

Who knows. Maybe so they can re-release a better version later

and make everyone buy it again.

Anyways. great film. Still worth buying on DVD.

How could such an accomplished screenwriter, a man who wrote such classics as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, etc. be so singularly responsible for such an aggravatingly awful movie?

I don't think anyone will know. Perhaps the joke is on all of us and Paul Schrader is laughing at our reactions. Maybe he set out to make the worst movie he possibly could and in that it is a triumph.

This movie is offensively bad. It will make you mad. A waste of talent, money, time, effort and thought on everyone's part.