AmourMovie Reviews

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    Written February 3, 2013

    Touching story. Sad.

    by kbmd99

    Maybe too "real life", this sad but touching look at one couple's journey as it nears the end. Very captivating story about how the husband cares for and struggles with his wife's situation after a series of strokes amidst the input of the couple 2 children. This is a movie about things no one ever wants to talk about.

    • 16 out of 23 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 10, 2013

    Amour

    by journaliste

    You could hear a pindrop in the theatre for this showing. So absorbing was the real-life story and the way it played out. But I wanted to know more of their life before Anne's stroke. Too much time and a little "did I really need to know that" detail in the aftermath of her illness. The acting was superb!

    • 13 out of 18 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written February 20, 2013

    Simply Beautiful

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    I positively enjoyed this movie to no end. I went into the film having little to no idea what this movie was about, but I left the theatre amazed at what I had just seen. Emmanuelle Riva is nominated for Best Actress for a reason, she hauntingly portrays an elderly woman struggling with deteriorating health as Jean-Louis Trintingnant plays her husband struggling to take care of the love of his life as he watches her slowly head towards death. The story is slow, but I feel that contributes to understanding the plight of the main characters, and the cinematography is highly ingenious. I wouldn't recommend this film for anyone under the age of 15 really, it's very emotionally draining, but if you're willing to struggle through this immensely tough topic it's absolutely worth it.

    • 16 out of 25 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written January 14, 2013

    The movie drags

    by See-A-Lot

    The story is touching and the acting is excellent. However, the movie is way too long and at times boring. It would have been much better if they had cut out at least half an hour.

    • 14 out of 22 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 17, 2013

    Ultimate Book on Aging

    by janetborba

    This movie is not for everyone. No one wants to experience a long debilitating illness or put a loved one through the caring of someone with such an illness, yet in reality, this is a recurring scenario for many. The beauty of this movie is the love that carries through to the end for this couple. The acting was superb. The director did a great job by keeping everything simple and slow. This is a snapshot of this couple's lives. Without showing flashbacks to fill in their earlier lives, the director and actors made it clear this was a marriage of love, affection, passion, trust, and dignity.

    • 12 out of 18 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written March 5, 2013

    With Mixed Emotions

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    I found the acting great; the script fair, the mood of the film depressing but real. We are all headed for that aging path and we should know what is coming. I left feeling somewhat cheated not knowing what that goofy ending meant when they left their apartment to attend the concert we saw in the openng scenes. Maybe that means what goes around comes back around. Or I wonder if it meant that George was left with only the memory of a beautiful robust Anne.

    I don't think I would buy the DVD. One morbid afternoon was enough for me for a long while. In any case, I left feeling lucky to be walking out of theater, on my own two legs, toward my car and able to drive home. Even if I did not have a George waiting for me there.

    • 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written March 16, 2013

    Hard Truths Beautifully Told

    by califgrl

    This is my third Haneke film and by far my favorite. Cinematically, it's perfect. Narrative stripped down to its emotional core. No waste, nothing extraneous, although there are several wonderous moments of relief/ escape-- when the camera scans the content of several bucolic canvases on their walls, for example-- from the drama taking place in Anne and George's apartment. At the same time, I was struck by the film's insights into some of the most difficult emotional experiences we face. I felt I gained a new understanding of my late parents' end-of-life difficulties and decisions. On that level, this is a movie everyone should see, not just cinephiles or foreign film buffs.

    • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 10, 2013

    Profoundly moving

    by lnbee

    This is the kind of movie one should almost see alone (as I did) because when it is over you will be speechless and contemplative. To speak is to intrude, to diminish.

    • 9 out of 13 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written February 24, 2013

    No more, Amour

    by me2JTS

    Terrible! Yes , I did my research. I read the positive reviews. Afterward, I read them again looking for clues to my own undoing. Remember when you were in grade school and your English teacher had to explain to you why the strange poem you just read was interesting (maybe to her but not to you)? Can French movies can be reduced to long drawn out pauses, plus allegories? Unfortunately even a reduction may not translate. Yes, there were bits of humor and answers to moral questions, but my wife missed them since she fell asleep. Sleep, induced by the movie's long pauses, now seems preferable.

    • 7 out of 10 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 3, 2013

    It's French. Enough Said.

    by thechase007

    Perhaps it's because I live this movie to a certain extent with my 90 year old father who has Alzheimers but I don't get the hoopla surrounding this. I can only think that the people praising it have not personally taken care of someone as the husband did for his wife. Besides that however, I found it annoyingly slow...I just don't need to watch boring scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with the movie, i.e., watching someone trying to catch a pidgeon or methodically cutting off the tops of flowers.

    That being said, the acting of Trintignant and Riva (especially Riva) was fabulous but oh how I wish the story line had more depth. I did appreciate the inclusion of what it's like when other people that don't help with the care adamantly suggesting a course of action. All in all, a typical French abstract BS for the most part.

    • 12 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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    Written March 3, 2013

    Amour is not a family film.

    by jpodetc

    This film was basically terrible. Although the actors did their job well, they could not overcome the morbid path the director and or writer took them down. It may be a film of reality for some but it lacks anything recognizable in the realm of human love and human compassion. Regret having wasted my money on it. And it is a waste.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written January 10, 2013

    Very touching story!

    by frascati

    i really didn't know what to expect when i went to see "Amour". I smiled, laughed and cried. The acting by Emmanuelle Riva is superb. She really convinced us of her suffering. Trintignant does show compassion and frustration as the husband. This is a "must" see movie. Whether you agree with the subject or not, it gives a deep understanding of love between two persons.

    NOT FOR KIDS OR OVERSENSITIVE PERSONS.

    • 12 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written January 20, 2013

    The most emotional film of the year

    by

    If you can get passed the almost unbearable depressing-ness of the film, then you must see the unforgettable Amour starring the magnificent Emanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant which is by far the greatest film of the year, and perhaps even the decade. See my full review at my blog, CinemaPinion.com

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written February 12, 2013

    Beautiful and painful movie

    by cookingjoan

    This was an amazing and tender and accurate portrayal of love and loss - the ultimate loss after a lifetime of love. I just went through this -- my husband died of lymphoma last August. The opposite end of the spectrum of movies like Django. Go see it and take in the beauty.

    • 9 out of 14 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 27, 2013

    Great movie but very depressing

    by Jessie tuan

    I always manage to enjoy depressing movies, but I felt extremely touched and sad after seeing it. "Amour" could be a true story happened to any family. With love, it might be easier to handle.... Or evev more difficult?!

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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