Amelie film review

Amelie is a French film based on a girl who changes the lives around her in a very interesting way. Set in the northern suburbs of Paris, the setting is perfect and beautiful. To analyze this film, I will be using Ideological criticism. This method is appropriate because Amelie is not like most other French girls, she is unique. The only time her father played or touched her was for her monthly check-ups. This contact was so thrilling for Amelie, her heart raced, which made her father believe she had a heart problem. They pulled her out of school and her mother homeschooled her. Her mother was killed when Amelie was young by someone jumping off a building and landing on her. Her father was devastated; he spent most of his time tending to his shrine he made for his wife.
Amelie moved out as a young adult and started her life. Along the way of helping others in their lives, she finds love. She convinces her father that his garden gnome is traveling the world by sending her father postcards. This act alone helps her father get out of his house and travel himself. Another instance, she sees that the boss at the fruit and vegetable stand is mean and rude to his assistant. The assistant only has one arm, but is very efficient and polite to customers. Customers love him and always give the boss a mean look when he insults the one armed boy. Amelie dislikes the boss for this and gets him back. She goes into his apartment and switches everything around causing to have a horrible morning and question himself.
Ideologically, Amelie is a person who helps others around her not thinking of herself. In the end, when she is curious about a man at a subway, it leads to love. This was a very good film to watch and analyze ideologically. This method of criticism helped in identifying Amelie’s goals. She believes that she should help the people around her and that is her focus.


This is a scene from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sECzJY07oK4