The heart-warming tale of Chaplin’s Little Tramp after having fallen in love with a blind flower girl, pretends to be affluent and sets out to earn the money for her rent and possible sight-saving eye surgery. One would say that his style is cartoonish, but it must be noted that some of the best of Chaplin’s work was created before the first cartoons – cartoons are Chaplin-esque.Ĭity Lights is arguably Chaplin’s greatest achievement as actor and director. His energetic slapstick performances are nothing like the comedies of today – it is often criticized that classic Hollywood cinema is slow, which is not the case with Chaplin, able to fit jokes in at a lightning stacked pace, a mere exaggerated reaction take enough to illicit tears of laughter. It was once said of Jim Carrey: “He can make you laugh with no more than the frantic flailing of his limbs”, and although his prowess as a physical comedian is impressive, it is nothing compared to the master, Charlie Chaplin. This list of films has been compiled in a vein attempt to recommend those that share some of these aspects, but as we all know – there is no one quite like Amélie. More than anything though its quirks are grounded by an over-arcing theme of wanting to love and be loved, which in turn creates a warm feeling like no other.Īmélie is a comfort blanket for when the world is not quite okay, where the greatest antagonist is a beastly greengrocer. There are certain things that make Amélie the unique vision that is: its stylish, candy-coloured palette, Tautou’s child-like wonder and her intangible likeability as an actress, its twee quests and mysteries, scatterings of magic realism and post-modernism, as well as Yann Tiersen’s swooning soundtrack. Tautou, not wanting to be typecast her entire career, quickly sort not to replicate herself seeking roles as schemers (Priceless), plucky immigrants (Dirty Pretty Things) and a Sexy Lamp for Tom Hanks to talk to in mindless Hollywood fare (The Da Vinci Code). Jeunet’s work post-2001 cannot help but pale in comparison to his fizzy, life-affirming magnum opus. The problem with Amélie’s unique-ness is that there are no films that are truly comparable – Jeunet’s preceding films (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children and Alien: Resurrection) toy with darker themes and, though masterpieces in their own right (apart from Alien: Resurrection, which is just really bad), are not as accessible or light-hearted as Amélie. She gains a certain enjoyment from cracking the top of a brûlée with a spoon, skimming stones, and giving inanimate objects holidays the actress that brings this iconic creation to life is the lovely Audrey Tautou.

The simple yet engrossing tale of a naïve French girl who acts as the personification of karma and deals out justified retribution to the evil and childhood memories to the good. The Righteous Gemstones airs at 10/9c on HBO.Rarely is a film as life-affirming and singular as Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s La fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (or as it is known in the English speaking world: Amélie). In 2015, Jennifer Nettles started an acting career, starting with Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, where she portrayed Parton’s mother. With Sugarland, Nettles won five ACM Awards, six CMA Awards, four CMT Awards, and two Grammys. She is also known for the popular song “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Bon Jovi in 2006.

Jennifer Nettles is the lead singer of the band Sugarland along with Kristian Bush. Get past the brilliant performance by Walton Goggins and you will see a very talented singer and performer in Jennifer Nettles. One of the best parts of the episode was a song and dance number by Baby Billy and Aimee-Leigh. Aimee-Leigh and Baby Billy were preparing a reunion tour but she ended up pregnant again and had to pull out of the tour, which hurt Billy since he needed the money due to three divorces and financial woes.Īimee-Leigh agreed to do the tour anyway to keep Baby Billy from selling their families land but when she learned he was selling anyway, she told him off and ended things with her brother.

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