Review of Amour (2012) by Al M — 15 May 2014
A quietly intense emotional ride, Amour displays Michael Haneke's ability to tone down from his usually transgressive heights, and the results are remarkable. Amour is no less disturbing, gripping, or stylish than his other works, but instead it shows him somewhat softening his approach to depict the horrors of the everyday.
An intelligent pair of musicians find their decades old love put to the test when the wife suffers a stroke one day, a silent attack that forever changes their world and forces both of them to make new choices in life.
Amour is a profoundly ethical and existential film not only about the bonds we forge with one another but the values we create for ourselves and the choices we make that others may never be capable of understanding.
This review of Amour (2012) was written by Al M on 15 May 2014.
Amour has generally received very positive reviews.
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