Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Lack of good storyline.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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

I've always been an admirer of Haneke's work but this film left me cold. It is well made and the performances are terrific (especially Jean-Louis Trintignant); Haneke is certainly a master filmmaker whose formality certainly demands attention. Such is his hold on the viewer that the film doesn't really allow for self-reflection or moments when one might mourn the loss of their own loved ones. It is very tightly contained. I think it is best described as Disneyland for people who've never had to deal with end of life issues.As a gay man who came of age during the AIDS in the '80s, death was always a factor. I felt surrounded by it and supported friends and strangers alike who suffered and died. Even beyond that, I've supported friends who cared for parents who were in declining health and died. (Gay sons and daughters often assume these roles.) It is a honour to care for people and share the last stages of their lives with them. Death is inevitable for us all but it ain't over 'till it's over.Maybe that's why it seems like such an indulgence. We all have loved ones. The couple depicted, comparatively, suffer very little. The have a roof over their heads, groceries delivered daily, you never see them on the phone haggling with insurance companies; she receives the necessary care. On reflection, it seems that Haneke is indignant that we should die at all! To add some drama, he takes an unfair crack at the nursing profession which hardly seems representative in my experience.The whole thing was very unedifying. I was reminded of far superior films on this topic, most notably the 1993 documentary Silverlake Life which records the last months of a documentary filmmaker's harrowing life with AIDS, both the good and the bad days, and is a true celebration of life and love; Kirby Dick's Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) is another startling record of long term illness and eventual death that manages to celebrate a difficult existence. These are films that truly look death in the face. Amour is just bourgeois old people in formalised decline with a nurse who brushed the old woman's hair too hard. For once, Haneke seems out of his depth; you almost wish the doorbell would ring and the film would lurch into a mashup of Funny Games and Amour. If someone videotaped it, you'd have Cache as well.Have been mystified by the across the board praise of this film. Are people really that distant from death?

This movie is hard to judge. I've heard about Haneke, but don't think I actually saw any of his previous movies. On the one hand, the movie has excellent performances by the lead actors, Jean-Louis Trintignant and especially Emmanuelle Riva. On the other hand, it feels kind of empty without a real message. We see an old woman getting worse and worse, while her husband takes care of her. It feels almost like a documentary without a goal and it felt too close "to home", reminding me of both my late grandmothers. But nothing really important is happening during the entire movie. On the one hand I felt connected to the characters and the situations, on the other hand I felt quite disconnected and "empty".I think movies like "The Sea Inside (2004)" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)" - which also dealt with helplessness, disabled people who questioned their will to live - dealt with the subject much better, at least in terms of plot, writing and emotion.

Love, as easy it is between two young blossoming soul, is as difficult between two frail souls at the end of their life. The movie leaves the audience, often blissfully ignorant or negligent, with a poignant helplessness. The story goes beyond judgment in its slow heavy paces which can easily clutch hold of your sleeping emotions and not let go.It is a masterpiece of direction and acting, set in modern France. The smooth, yet lonely, life of two retired old French musicians becomes lonelier when one of them succumbs to paralysis. Each day brings with it further decay and challenges until it is a war between love and loss. The movie is recommended for those of us, too blind to acknowledge life in all its forms.It is, unlike most movies of our time, lacking in unnecessary background music. The pace of the movie is slow which only magnifies the emotions.