FilmCritic entries tagged "Jean Pierre Jeunet"

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Micmacs

by Jules Brenner on May 27 2010
DVD Release Date: December 14, 2010
Micmacs

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With verve galore, Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings us a slapstick fantasy that would raise the eyebrows (but not the spirits) of dead artists like Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati, and Buster Keaton.  Jeunet and co-writer Guillaume Laurant exaggerate their characters...... more »
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Delicatessen

by Keith Breese on Feb 12 2006
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Delicatessen

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Before Jean-Pierre Jeunet became the critics' darling with this whimsical romance Amelie, he was known to geek film aficionados the world over for crafting one of the early ‘90s most audacious and thrilling cult sleepers, Delicatessen. It's really quite shameful...... more »
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A Very Long Engagement

by Chris Barsanti on Dec 14 2004
DVD Release Date: July 12, 2005
A Very Long Engagement

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Although there are likely better directors who could have been found to film Sebastien Japrisot's World War I-set novel A Very Long Engagement than Jean-Pierre Jeunet, of City of Lost Children fame and Alien: Resurrection infamy, there are many more...... more »
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Amelie

by Max Messier on Oct 28 2001
DVD Release Date: July 16, 2002
Amelie

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After only a few films have I been left with an indelible sense of wonder and amazement. After watching the stunning and beautiful Amelie, I've been struck again. This is truly a touching, honest, emotional roller coaster ride, equipped with...... more »
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Alien: Resurrection

by Christopher Null on Dec 7 1997
DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
Alien: Resurrection

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I'm not entirely sure how to begin a review of the highly-anticipated (at least for me) fourth installment of the Alien series except to say... what a letdown. Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley died in Alien, the movie that was supposed...... more »
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The City of Lost Children

by Christopher Null on Dec 2 1995
DVD Release Date: July 23, 1996

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The long-awaited follow-up to Delicatessen is another surrealist adventure into the questionably sane minds of French creators Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. It's been four years since that film, and their new picture, The City of Lost Children, is twice...... more »

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