History YMMV / AVeryLongEngagement

* AmericansHateTingle: Within France itself, the film caused some serious outrage among UsefulNotes/{{Corsica}}n people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{jerkass}}es -- made even worse by the fact that the character from there, Ange Bassignano, himself a pretty unsavory man, shouts "I'm not French, I'm Corsican!" on the No Man's Land while waving a WhiteFlag in the hope of having his life spared by the Germans, and his very nationalistic French officer shoots him in the head after hearing this. Thousands of Corsicans died during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and the movie was deemed "insulting" to their memory. The backlash was strong enough for the movie to be pulled off all theaters in Corsica to avoid more controversy.

* AmericansHateTingle: Within France itself, the film caused some serious outrage among UsefulNotes/{{Corsica}}n people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{jerkass}}es -- made even worse by the fact that the character from there, Ange Bassignano, himself a pretty unsavory man, shouts "I'm not French, I'm Corsican!" on the No Man's Land while waving a WhiteFlag in the hope of having his life spared by the Germans, and his very nationalistic French officer shoots him in the head after hearing this. Thousands of Corsicans died during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and the movie was deemed "insulting" to their memory because of said scene. The backlash was strong enough for the movie to be pulled off all theaters in Corsica to avoid more controversy.

** "Dog farts, happiness on my head!"

** "Miracles don't just happen in Lourdes!"

* FanNickname: "Film/{{Amelie}} in the Trenches"

* HilariousInHindsight: Tina Lombardi (Creator/MarionCotillard's character) says she "regrets nothing" at one point. "Je ne regrette rien" ("I regret nothing") was the name of one of the most famous of Music/EdithPiaf's songs. Cotillard went on to play her in ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' (and sings it at one point), and she also played Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', in which the song is used to kick dreamers out of their dream.

* BannedInChina: The film caused some serious outrage among Corsican people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{Jerkass}}es, or just unsympathetic people, made even worse by the fact that the character from there, Ange Bassignano, shouts "I'm not French, I'm Corsican!" while waving a WhiteFlag in the hope of having his life spared by the Germans, and his very French nationalist officer shoots him in the head after hearing this. Thousands of Corsicans died during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and the movie was deemed "insulting" to their memory because of said scene. The movie was pulled off Corsican theaters as a result after its release.

* BannedInChina: The film caused some serious outrage among Corsican people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{Jerkass}}es, or just unsympathetic people, made even worse by the fact that the character from there, Ange Bassignano, shouts "I'm not French, I'm Corsican!" while waving a WhiteFlag in the hope of having his life spared by the Germans, and his very French nationalist officer shoots him in the head after hearing this. The movie was pulled off Corsican theaters as a result after its release.

* BannedInChina: The film caused some serious outrage among Corsican people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{Jerkass}}es, or just unsympathetic people, made even worse by the fact that the character from there, Ange Bassignano, shouts "I'm not French, I'm Corsican" while waving a WhiteFlag in the hope of having his life spared by the Germans, and his very French nationalist officer shoots him in the head after hearing this. The movie was pulled off Corsican theaters as a result after its release.

* NeverLiveItDown: The film caused some outrage among Corsican people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic, [[HonorBeforeReason honor-obsessed]] gangsters or {{Jerkass}}es, or just unsympathetic people.

* NeverLiveItDown: The film caused some outrage among Corsican people, as they felt it depicts them like chauvinistic gangsters or {{Jerkass}}es, or just unsympathetic people.

* HilariousInHindsight: Tina Lombardi (Creator/MarionCotillard's character) says she "regrets nothing" at one point. "Je ne regrette rien" ("I regret nothing") was the name of one of the most famous of Music/EdithPiaf's songs. Cotillard played her in ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' (and sings it at one point), and she also played Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', in which the song is used to kick dreamers out of their dream.

* TearJerker: Oh ''where'' to begin!?

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/MarionCotillard's character says she regrets nothing at one point. "Je ne regrette rien" ("I regret nothing") was the name of one of the most famous of Music/EdithPiaf's songs. Cotillard played her in ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' (and sings it at one point), and she also played Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', in which the song is used to kick dreamers out of their dream.

* HilariousInHindsight: "[[Creator/MarionCotillard Je ne]] [[Film/LaVieEnRose regrette]] [[Film/{{Inception}} rien]]."

* NightmareFuel: ''All'' of the scenes set on the front.
* TearJerker: Oh ''where'' to begin!?

* FanNickname: "Amélie in the Trenches"

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** It's [[Film/HannibalRising young Hannibal Lecter!]]
*** It's hilarious that [[spoiler:he managed to miss [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Clarice Starling]], who was speaking French to stay undercover!]]

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "Miracles don't just happen in Lourdes!"

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: ''All'' of the scenes set on the front.