not a lot of movie create their own sort of universe . some that come to mind include the wizard of oz and american beauty and vertigo . these movie be so distinct and original that they seem to have create there own spot in the universe and untouchable by anything else . you can add le fabuleux destin damélie poulain to that list . here be a film so original and so funny and and so warm that it leave me with smile for hour and the people on the sidewalk thinking i be crazy . yes it be heart warm and but not in the phony wal mart commercial sense while but in the sense of how good you feel when laugh with a dear and dear friend . the film tell the story of french waitress amélie ( audrey tautou . ) she be in her early twenty and lead a gloomy childhood and be miss something in her life until hearing of the death of princess diana cause her to drop the cap of a bottle which roll along the floor and dislodge a tile on her bathroom wall . what she find behind that tile lead her to the decision that she be go to do what she can to make the people around her happier by whatever mean possible . amélie go about this with great success . one particularly wonderful scene show amélie help a blind man across the street and rapidly describe what happen around them to give him a picture of the world he doesn not get to see . this be only one in a mountain of selfless deed she do to make people happy . a she continue enrich the life around her and amélie becomes challenge with the fact that if she only help others anonymously and she may live her life alone and without the happiness she bring others . amélie conflict be what round out the picture and make it complete . the movie be deep and take amélie inner struggle seriously and but it never heavy . brilliantly hilarious and amélie have a wonderfully funny script and be bring to life in visual splendor by director jean pierre jeunet ( alien represent resurrection and of all thing ) and have at it center audrey tatou give one of the warm and most sincere and funny performance you will see this year . i can not tell you how much i love this movie . just think about it give me goose bump and i can not wait to see it again . see it in the theatre if you can . this may be the year best picture and be not to be miss .