A confrontational look at a taboo issue, Amour sheds light on how the embracement of humanist values has seen the physically disadvantaged ostracised into the clutches of a culture that embraces death.
Colton of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Every once in a great while, beyond the slew of staleness in the multiplex, there comes a film that reminds us that film most certainly can be a powerful medium. Michael Haneke’s Academy Award nominee Amour is the latest film that has left such a reminder. It’s a film that’s so emotional and gripping that you might feel like you were just hit by a city transit bus as you leave the theater. Haneke masterfully crafted a film that is the complete opposite of manipulative melodrama. The film doesn’t rely on a sappy score or an obscene amount of sentimentality to make us have lumps in our throats. Instead, he evokes our emotions by painting a dark and intimate portrayal of love, humanity, and life’s inevitable conclusion."
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The full list of winners and nominees from the upset aplenty 2013 Golden Globes Awards.
The 2012 movie season was hoping to save some of the best entries for last, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was destined to be one of them. Or is it? Also coming over to play stateside, are Best Foreign Pic hopefuls Amour and Holy Motors. And a few other indie flicks found their way into the coveted rankings as well.
