Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulin Review

IMDb Rating: 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90%
Notable Cast/Crewmembers: Audrey Tautou, Yann Tiersen, Mathieu Kassovitz
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy

A modern classic.
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Amélie, an imaginitive, young woman accidentally finds a box full of stuff from somebody's childhood. She decides to find the original owner and if he's happy with it, she will continue to do good deeds for others.
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I have watched it twice now, and it was actually better than I had remembered. Audrey Tautou was the perfect person to play Amélie. She can completely transform from heartbreakingly cute to stone cold. The whole atmosphere breathes fairy tale and the characters are both realistic and absurd at the same time. I just love it.
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Narrator: Nino is late. Amelie can only see two explanations. 1 - he didn't get the photo. 2 - before he could assemble it, a gang of bank robbers took him hostage. The cops gave chase. They got away... but he caused a crash. When he came to, he'd lost his memory. An ex-con picked him up, mistook him for a fugitive, and shipped him to Istanbul. There he met some Afghan raiders who too him to steal some Russian warheads. But their truck hit a mine in Tajikistan. He survived, took to the hills, and became a Mujaheddin. Amelie refuses to get upset for a guy who'll eat borscht all his life in a hat like a tea cozy. 
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-The Shy Hipster