My blunt words and cow-like appreciation are no match for the subtlety and beauty of this gem-like film. The only downside was that reading the subtitles meant I was spending less time looking at the cinematography and expressions. Suffice it to say, 5 stars.

I do have one question though: What is the significance of Georgette (the hypochondriac) and the Stalker breaking up, if break up they did? Every other person Amelie helped was alone--her father, the man who hid his toys as a boy, Mr Dufayel, the grocer's boy, etc. The one case that failed concerned two people in a relationship. Clearly Amelie is not good at relationships, but does this breakup forbode ill for her relationship with Nino? I think it probably does, but the message of the film is contained in Dufayel's video tape: It is better to have loved and etc.

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Mrs U demanded that we add another movie/month to our Netflix subscription, so now we can have 3 out at a time. 3 mod 2 is non-zero, so we are interleaving movies on a third Q. I moved a bunch of stuff onto there that I either definitely want to see OR want to force myself to watch and I'm not going to look at that Q again. So movies will just arrive from a mysterious source and I'll have to watch them. Therefore, the poll only applies to the Q under my control.

I think I would like an action movie as the next one, but I don't see any outright action moviii on my Q. The Man Who Would Be Etc is the closest I found, but other WIPeaux are welcome.