Amelie

The movie that I chose to watch at the film festival was Amelie. This film is about a girl named Amelie who works as a waitress and her adventures to try to not only find love for herself, but to try to play matchmakers for everyone she knows. Amelie, a quirky girl, was brought up by her parents who showed little affection towards her and each other. She, luckily, remains quirky yes shy for the rest of her life. The whole movie is about her using unlikely methods to bring people together.

Metaphorical criticism would be the best criticism for analyzing the film Amelie. Metaphorical criticism joins two terms together without obviously stating it. The artifact being analysed can contain many small metaphors or it can be one big metaphor for a larger idea.

I believe the method of criticism that best fits this movie is metaphorical criticism. This can be seen many times through out the movie. Amelie trying to play matchmaker and failing is a metaphor for how we should not try to mess with the love of others. She brings two people together who are extremely unhappy and depressed thinking it will cause them to fall in love and become completely happy with each other. This play actually backfires and causes the two to hate each other and become even more depressed. This can also be seen as she tries to run away from someone who might actually love her. The more she avoids it, the less quirky she seems to become until she embraces it and they become extremely happy.