What year did the movie " Amélie " come out ?
Richard Schickel called Colombani a " terrifically assured filmmaker " whose " twice - told tale " is the " basis for an intricately ironic , darkly witty movie with a twist ending that is both utterly surprising and utterly right " ; in a comparison with Tautou 's performance in " Amélie " , the film " displays a more dangerous kind of innocence with a charm that shades off into obsessive madness in very gentle , persuasive increments .