Review of Amour (2012) by Ben V — 17 Feb 2013

Beautiful movie. A little difficult to watch sometimes. It hits a nerve about love, caregiving, and death.

This review of Amour (2012) was written by Ben V on 17 Feb 2013.

Amour has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Amour

Review of Amour (2012)

By Jason B (1,741) on 02 Apr 2017

Amour: This is one of the most brutally honest movies about death of the elderly that I have ever seen - no moving music score, no montages…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Eve Tushnet (62) for The American Conservative (16) on 06 Aug 2018

Amour is a totally compelling, emotionally devastating movie, in which Haneke's technical trademarks support his overall theme…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 26 Jan 2018

It's undeniably tragic without being sentimental and easily the best non-American film of the year…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Pablo G (434) on 24 Jun 2017

Live is hard as it is, we don't need to pay for more sadness, the movie may be considered good by many, but didn't entertained, sparked my…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Lucasts (22) on 23 Sep 2019

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Ryan T (1,220) on 09 Dec 2016

Tragic and heart-breaking. It makes me think a lot and now I am getting emotional. I hope dad will forgive all of us…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Irene M (252) on 14 Nov 2015

Probably Michael Haneke's most endearing and heartwarming movie, unlike his previous violent works…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Catherine N (84) on 03 Oct 2015

This film pulls no punches about aging, illness and dying…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Kelly Jane Torrance (368) for Washington Examiner (271) on 14 Dec 2018

Amour is indeed something special and very much worth the effort it takes to see it…

Read Review

Review of Amour (2012)

By Asspussi (5) on 08 Mar 2022

A perfect storm of a motion picture, with an icy, immaculate director unexpectedly taking on deeply emotional subject matter…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Love Is Love Is Love (2021)

By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 11 Nov 2021

The movie is composed of three disparate shorts meant to explore a range of connections…

Read Review

Review of Bones and All (2022)

By Olivierpiel (101) on 19 Dec 2022

When Hollywood -motherfecking MGM- copies a foreign film, in this case the overall core of the French film RAW, it eschews the cerebral aspect…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Amour

2012

82%820 Reviews

The Big Green

1995

52%210 Reviews

The Bourne Legacy

2012

61%1,025 Reviews

Message in a Bottle

1999

59%429 Reviews

Love Comes Lately

2007

52%18 Reviews

The Violent Men

1955

67%18 Reviews

Looking for Eric

2009

69%450 Reviews

Wild Horses

2015

42%36 Reviews

Pulse

1988

49%472 Reviews

Renegade

2004

49%139 Reviews