Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Mobithailand This is not exactly the most joyful of films to watch of a Saturday evening. The story concerns the final months of life of an octogenarian couple living in an apartment in Paris, France. The woman suffers one stroke, then another and her husband struggles to take care of her. Their well-off daughter, while outwardly distressed at her mother's plight, reveals her own self-centred concerns when she confronts her father with the level of care he is providing to his wife of many years.Make no mistake about it – this movie has been beautifully written, directed, filmed and acted. There is no doubt that Amour is a masterpiece of the genre; there are moments that will shock you and others that will bring you close to tears. But there is no slushy sentiment here. The film deals matter of factly with the harsh realities of life, of human frailties, of immensely strong and also sadly shallow characters. You become immersed in the fortunes and struggles of this ageing, loving couple and everything they say and do is utterly believable.For those of you who enjoy a movie full of action, blood and guts, this French film noire is not for you, but for those who are tired of the formulaic nonsense that is churned out by the Hollywood moguls, you might want to try something different – something that is thought provoking and takes you out of yourself for an hour or so. But don't expect to be uplifted or walk out of the cinema whistling a happy tune. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Alexandre Tharaud are simply monumental in the lead roles.Read more about this reviewer at mobithailand.com

Kirpianuscus a film about love. precise, honest, cruel, more than realistic. two great actors in magnificent roles , exploring the sides and levels and challenges of love as only way to be yourself. a strange end. and delicate art, high science of detail of an unique director who recreates laws and gestures and essence of words in a film who broke limits and use a form of poetry of small things who has the status of profound challenge. a film about the other reflected in yourself. about lost and about hope. about small gestures and about the past. a new version of Philemon and Baucis. out of gods' visit, with the same evolution from the legend.

Brigid O Sullivan (wisewebwoman) This film is still with me. I'd wanted to see it for a very long time.It grabbed me by the throat and just wouldn't let me go, right from the opening, which was shocking, through the concert to the lovely Parisian apartment where the rest of the film stays, static at times but within reason. Life literally freezes for the elderly couple.Amour - the title is about love, not about the word love, I doubt it was ever invoked throughout the film, but about the action of love as the wife becomes more and more incapacitated and hates what is happening to her while he adjusts to caring for her, all the brutal tasks of diaper changing and hair care, etc.I was left sobbing at the end.All through the film it was as if it was a documentary with hidden cameras, that's how believable it all was.Incredible filming.9/10 from me.

FilmCriticLalitRao Two important things need to be stated in order to give viewers a clear idea about 'Amour'. Firstly, it is not a fun film which some youngsters on a date or a married couple enjoying their weekend can easily watch neither in a cinema nor at home. Secondly, it is not so slow as some reviewers have stated. Its pace is similar to events of our daily lives which take their own expected amount of time. It is quite natural that various descriptions of this film would be made depending on a viewer's perspective about life. Some viewers would not hesitate in calling 'Amour' a documentary about old age. As the film is about old people, it is be able to give a nice idea about their behavior especially when they deal with their respective partners. It is with sadness one can observe how a patient man becomes violent when his wife starts to change her behavior. The impact of old age has been depicted without any superfluous embellishment. The best thing about 'Amour' is that it enables viewers to discover a completely different facet of Austrian director Michael Haneke's directorial abilities. This film is easy to understand as it has been made sans intellectual pretensions with which one has always made it a point to associate Michael Haneke.