Much better than what I was expecting...I knew Michael Haneke was a good director. He's proved it before with 'The Piano Teacher', 'The White Ribbon' and 'Funny Games' (both versions), but his masterful work in 'Amour' puts him at the top of the list of the all-time best directors. The way he carried out this love story at its very end, with the unexpected visit of illness, testing the couple's love for each other is admirable. In the most natural, simple way, he's made one of the best pictures in history. I think this might be my new favorite movie.The screenplay is magnificent. the soundtrack suits the movie perfectly, the set decoration is simple but beautiful, and the acting is mind-blowing. Emmanuelle Riva deserved the Oscar, and Jean-Louis Trintignant deserved a nomination. Huppert is perfect, as always. A very well deserved Palm D'Or winner. One of the most beautiful, realistic and natural films ever, that will make you see life and death in a different way.Everyone should watch this movie.10/10

Michael Haneke is one of the greatest directors of our time and with this piece of art he proves it once again, Amour is a rare film that manages to be beautifully and articulately crafted and yet still be captivating and intriguing. The flawless performances accompanied by the outstanding directing make this film perfect and truly heartbreaking and beautiful. A Masterclass at the art that he has perfected Michael Haneke, it's truly sad that this great director may not have time to make many more movies. I won't spoil or say to much about the movie it's self because I think it's just best to go into it not knowing to much, just know that it is a beautifully crafted drama that everyone should watch, COMPLETELY UNMISSABLE.

This is quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I went with a friend and both of us generally enjoy French films. There were six other people in the full size theatre with us. Towards the end of the film, Georges buys flowers and returns home. He then dodderingly starts cutting the heads off the daisies, one painstakingly slow flower at a time. The scene goes on ... and on ... and on ... This scene typifies the main problem with the movie. The director thinks that these long, long, long shots with nothing happening in them are 'art'. When the movie finished shortly afterwards, my friend turned to me and said 'Did you see that there were another 3 bunches of flowers in the bucket? I was petrified!' After two plus hours of grindingly depressing misery, the two of us started laughing hysterically. We got filthy looks from the other six people in the theatre, as the credits rolled, but we were still laughing 20 minutes later over coffee.So maybe it's actually supposed to be a comedy and just not too many people get it.The two lead actors are totally convincing and are rightly revered as legends in French film. They're the reason that this film gets at least one star. But they need to be reprimanded strongly for signing up to this miserable excuse for a film. The 'arty types' who profess to 'love' this film supposedly about 'Love' don't realise that they are quite possibly the victims of a massive practical joke. There is nothing remotely entertaining about this movie. Other than potentially twenty minutes of hysterical laughter after it's (finally) over.

"Love" is the most beautiful and pure feeling that a human being can feel for each other, but it's also one of the most painful, especially when it's an elderly couple, and "Amour" express that in a amazing and depressive way. We see the normal everyday of an elderly couple, Georges (played by Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (played by the stunning Emmanuelle Riva), both of them are retired music teachers. One day, Anne has a stroke, and then the suffering starts for both, and us, the public. The performances are amazing, especially by Emmanuelle Riva(who acted in the poetic masterpiece "Hiroshima, Mon Amour"), she really looks like that she is sick, and Jean-Louis Trintignant also does a great job, both of the actors are almost perfect . Michael Haneke direct the movie in a amazing way, with no music (most of the time), very realistic (typical of his films) and quite cold. The little soundtrack that is in this movies is excellent, classic, and set the tone of sadness really well. The cinematography is excellent, with almost no "happy color". "Amour" has a important and very sad message that everyone do not want to face and think about: death, and how some people react when someone very close to them is in a bad condition of health."Amour" is a true love story, and one of the most depressive movies of all time, and also the best love story of the century so far, it's already a classic and Haneke best film to date.