Review of Amour (2012) by Vicente R — 02 Feb 2013

Difficult to watch, impossible to move your eyes off the screen. A complete masterpiece. Hollywood has a lot to learn from European movies.

This review of Amour (2012) was written by Vicente R on 02 Feb 2013.

Amour has generally received very positive reviews.

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