Amour

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 19, 2012

8.1	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 352 Ratings

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csw12Feb 2, 2013

Amour is certainly not the worse film of the year. It is without a doubt the most boring. There are too many slow, silent and flat out wasteful scenes taking forever to complete. The worse part was all the times throughout the film wereAmour is certainly not the worse film of the year. It is without a doubt the most boring. There are too many slow, silent and flat out wasteful scenes taking forever to complete. The worse part was all the times throughout the film were literally nothing is happening. This just sucks the emotion out of the entire movie.… Expand

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brewsterFeb 2, 2013

I enjoy "slice of life" movies but this one was just too much. The acting is fantastic, first-rate, rarely better. The plot is sort of familiar, elderly couple, long term marriage, one gets very sick before the other, and the movie focusesI enjoy "slice of life" movies but this one was just too much. The acting is fantastic, first-rate, rarely better. The plot is sort of familiar, elderly couple, long term marriage, one gets very sick before the other, and the movie focuses how the less ill spouse manages the more ill spouse. The movie begins with the unsurprising end, then painstakingly drags us down every dark hallway, bathroom kitchen, art museum, and on and on and on and on.......ad infinitum. The directors propensity to freeze shots, bereft of activity, meaning, or purpose, that seem endless. Not clear what he is trying to accomplish, what message he is trying to send, short of a veneer of seriousness or agony (in this case, of the viewer). This film is flat out boring and even incredible acting cannot bail it out.… Expand

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NazguleroJul 14, 2013

Sweet Jesus, the only one that deserves an award is the audience, and being able to sit through this without...falling........asleeeeeppppp....
This movie is completely lifeless, void of any dynamic, the characters are far more boring thanSweet Jesus, the only one that deserves an award is the audience, and being able to sit through this without...falling........asleeeeeppppp....
This movie is completely lifeless, void of any dynamic, the characters are far more boring than anyone can ever be in real life, and you will have a hard time not wishing for them to just die so the movie can end. I am not sure who exactly is sitting on that Cannes jury, but they seem to have forgotten that the one main element that makes a movie good is whether or not the audience is entertained.… Expand

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TLHGJul 4, 2016

To me this is as bad as a movie experience gets... The movie is extremely overrated and I suspect it has to do with the "artsy pseudo-intellectual niche". The acting is very solid and the style frames the pic as something that looks like aTo me this is as bad as a movie experience gets... The movie is extremely overrated and I suspect it has to do with the "artsy pseudo-intellectual niche". The acting is very solid and the style frames the pic as something that looks like a solid, profound drama. This frame is but a frame though. If you stop to think what this movie is really about you will see that the style is pure style, which makes the movie really shallow and superficial and the good acting a waste of talent.
The thing is, this is one of those movies that has no reason to exists, cause it shows nothing special, it inspires nothing, it adds nothing to the table. The movie is a long arrangement of scenes that do not differ a lot from what you'll see if you pay more attention to your grandparents or to the old couple that lives in the same neighborhood as you. Maybe to some extent the intention of the movie was to develop awareness of the limits of life... but it attempts so in such a boring, slow approach and it really does not work. If you don't like seeing old people doing their routines, the movie will be boring. If you appreciate the respect people of age deserve, don't praise this movie, stop being lazy and get off your couch and go interact with you grandma or grandpa… Expand

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ariel84Mar 2, 2013

haneke's "white ribbon" was magnificent. deserved every accolade. 'amour', mais non. emmanuelle riva, oui. very, very overrated film, especially in comparison the haneke's earlier work. pretty much a big yawn.

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HonestCommDec 19, 2020

This movie 94 / 8.1 for what? There is lots of movie better than this. If we give points to movies we should compare them other movies. This movie should be short film. There is no reason or message telling to audince in two hours...

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