to start off with and i hear a lot of good thing about this movie when it be on the big screen but never get around to see it before it disappear . sit here and long after in the aftermath and i might never forgive myself for miss that opportunity . eventually i do get around to see it and though a small tv never do a film the same justice a theater do and and be a bit sceptic about the small hype this movie cause make me prejudice about it and but i must say i have never be so wrong before . and i be happy say it . this movie big crime and and yet it big asset and be that it be in french . subtitle just do not bring full justice to a movie like this and and it be bind to scare off most of the audience not use to subtitle movie . sad to say so and but i believe it be the truth . i do not know any french at all and but i sure wish i be fluent watch this movie . compare to most other film amelie ( and i will stick to amelie since le fabuleux destin damélie poulain be a bit long to write ) be base on a rather ordinary and plain story everyone can relate to and but it be give to u in a very special kind of way and mixed with wonderful little subplots and an almost chaotic amount of detail . we get to see and experience the world and especially paris through the filtering eye and fantasy of amelie and a paris that might feel small and limit on the screen but in fact be just as big a it be in the eye of amelie . director jean pierre jeunet brings to life the world of amelie with color and masterful camerawork and a few special effect ( well and i have certainly felt like melt a couple of time too in my life . ) . some people i speak to before see amelie criticize it for be too childish and unrealistic and but i believe it be an essential part of the movie since amelie herself be a very childish and imaginative young girl . she just happen to fall in love one day when she decide to embark on a quest . jean pierre jeunet manages to bring u along without lose control of the set or the plot . it be exactly this kind of movie that could easily be overdone and lose all of it magic in the hand of the wrong person and but jean pierre jeunet never slip a single time . for you who think you never hear of him before he be actually the same man who bring u alien 4 back in 1997 and ( i still refuse to believe he be involve in that horrible film . ) and and the wonderful delicatessen in 1991. audrey tautou could not be overemphasize for her importance in portray amelie . i be a bit embarrassed admit it but i be almost fall in love with amelie myself and forget she be only fiction on the screen . however she do not carry amelie solely by herself . the cast make an excellent whole and it be hard imagine switch anyone without affect the whole outcome . everyone manage to make the most out of their role and even though we only get to know some of them briefly they come alive just as much a amelie herself do . i could go on forever about amelie . it contain so many detail and switch in tempo and camerawork it have to be see more than once to take in and understand everything . damn it and amelie make me happy and laugh out loud at time and and very few movie affect me like that . i very rarely give movie a 10 and and i be indeed consider a 9 for a while and but for me this be one of those movie i will come back to time after time . long after the cg thrill of hyped fantasy movie and big budget hollywood production have fade and be forget and amelie will still be jump around in my heart and do all those silly and charm little thing i wish i dare to do too .