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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>Movie Reviews <font size="4"><br>Amelie and Happenstance</font> <br>by David Gurevich</font> <p><i>Amelie</i> is a fairy tale told with every post-modernist flourish Jean-Pierre Jeunet could think of. The voiceover that describes Amelie’s childhood is vintage black humor, the accordeon is reinforced by modern riffs, and the characters shed their berets and make love in the café’s bathroom – a hilarious scene that is a direct quote from <i>Delicatessen</i>. But the center of the film is Amelie (Audrey Tautou), an angel with a page hairdo and the huge doe-like eyes that uncannily bring to mind another famous Audrey. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>