History YMMV / Amelie

* DiagnosedByTheAudience:
** Lucien. He's referred to as "slow", and seems to have a mild mental handicap.
** Amélie's shyness, which in turns brings about her passive-aggression and vivid imagination, is played as a personality quirk that can be overcome if she tries, though it could be explained as some sort of mild mental disorder.

* AwardSnub: It received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations and went home empty-handed. It wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Director or Actress.
** The 2019 UK Production of the musical received three UsefulNotes/LaurenceOlivierAward nominations (for Best New Musical, Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, and Best Original Score) and lost all three. It was also nominated for a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Musical Theatre Album in 2021, but lost that as well.

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Lucien. He's referred to as "slow", and seems to have a mild mental handicap.
** Amélie's shyness, which in turns brings about her passive-aggression and vivid imagination, is played as a personality quirk that can be overcome if she tries, though it could be explained as some sort of mild mental disorder.

* TearJerker: Although the film generally isn't sad but rather a comedy film, tears of joy are common, and there are a few heartbreaking scenes.

%%* TearJerker: Although the film generally isn't sad, tears of joy are common, and there are a few heartbreaking scenes.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: Before shooting each scene, each on-location set was cleared of all debris, rubbish and graffiti to help convey the fantastical nature of the story. Even the train station.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The musical adaptation in 2015 has some amazing songs, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlvLU78jTwI Stay]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji6rDwWC7Y Thin Air.]]

* UncannyValley: Amélie does not come out of the promo poster looking like a quirky, but good-natured young woman. Instead, the colours and sharp lighting make her look artificial and malicious, giving her unnaturally white skin and utterly lifeless eyes.

* TearJerker: Although the film generally isn't sad, tears of joy are common, and there are a few heartbreaking scenes.

* CriticalResearchFailure: According to the narrator in the epilogue, "Félix Lerbier learns there are more links in his brain than atoms in the universe." If you think about it for a second, that's physically impossible. It should have been "than ''stars'' in the universe".

* GratuitousSpecialEffects: There are many special effects in this movie despite it being a romantic comedy.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This film arguably pushed the whole 'roaming gnome' tradition into mainstream consciousness. Some people mistake the film for starting the prank, even though it was started in Australia in the 1980s.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: See [[Funny/{{Amelie}} here]].

* GratuitousSpecialEffects: There are many special effects in this movie despite its rather low budget.

* GratuitousSpecialEffects: There are many special effects in this movie despite it being a comedy/drama.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
--->'''Narrator''': Amélie still shelters in solitude and asks herself silly questions about the world or about this town. For example, how many couples are having an orgasm right now?
--->''Cue RightNowMontage of fifteen separate orgasms, one after another.''
--->'''Amélie''', with an AsideGlance: Fifteen!
*** It was this moment that gave the film an "R" rating, despite the rest of the film being rather tame for all audiences.
** On the same page, Joseph and Georgette's RightThroughTheWall moment. A visibly flustered Amélie has to turn the milk steamer to the max to cover Georgette's ''incredibly'' ImmodestOrgasm.

* CriticalResearchFailure: According to the narrator in the epilogue, "Félix Lerbier learns there are more links in his brain than atoms in the universe." It should have been "than '''stars''' in the universe".

** Georgette also seems to turn into one towards the end.

** Amélie. Everything about her makes you want hold her to show her everything will be all right.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This film arguably pushed the whole 'roaming gnome' tradition into mainstream consciousness. Some people mistake the film for starting the prank, even though it was started in Australia in the 1980's.

* UncannyValley: Amélie does not come out of the promo poster looking like a quirky, but good-natured young woman. Instead, the colours and sharp lighting make her look artifical and malicious, giving her unnaturally white skin and utterly lifeless eyes.

* AdaptationDisplacement: This film arguably pushed the whole 'roaming gnome' tradition into mainstream consciousness. Some people mistake the film for starting the prank, even though it was started in Australia in the 1980's.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Several, especially the ending.

*** Somewhat undermined when you realize that she is pushing him around without even asking. Additionally, blind people tend to know their way around familiar places. If pushed by a stranger at a high speed, they can basically get lost. Though in her defence, Amelie only walks him down one street (that he's presumably familiar with), frequently states the shops that they're passing and makes a point of telling the man exactly where he is when she leaves him ("Now we're at the kiosk by the metro..."), thus giving him a landmark he can use to orientate himself. It's also implied that she has observed him making this journey before and knows where he's going, rather than just dragging him along somewhere at random. Plus, the light emanating from the old man makes it clear that it was a wonderful experience for him.

* NightmareFuel: The train-riding sequences as Amélie looks around the city for Bredoteau can be pretty unnerving. There's also the promo poster used as the page image...[[UncannyValley *shudder*]].

* UncannyValley: As noted in the Nightmare Fuel trope, Amélie does not come out of the promo poster looking like a quirky, but good-natured young woman. Instead, the colours and sharp lighting make her look artifical and malicious, giving her unnaturally white skin and utterly lifeless eyes.
* TheWoobie: Amélie. Everything about her makes you want hold her to show her everything will be all right.

* RatedMForMoney: The film is rated R in the United States and 15 in the United Kingdom, despite having ''literally no'' objectionable content except for some brief and non-graphic depictions of sex.