Synopsis
A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a one-year contract as an interpreter. The vice president and section leader, both men, are boors, but her immediate supervisor, Ms. Mori, is beautiful and trustworthy. Amélie's downfall begins when she speaks perfect Japanese to clients. She compounds her failure by writing an excellent report for an enterprising colleague. The person she least expects to stab her in the back exposes her work. Thus begins her humiliations. What can become of her and of her relationship with Ms. Mori and with Japan?
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
44.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
30.8%
Critic Consensus
90.3% Fresh • 31 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 31 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, stylized, satirical. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
funnystylizedsatiricalcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score91.0
RT critic review count33
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes4,961
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2004 | $126,684 | $210,380 |
| International | 2004 | $11,752 | $19,516 |
| Worldwide | 2004 | $138,436 | $229,896 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2004 | $68,043 | $112,996 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2004 | $54,000 | $89,676 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2004 | $2,000 | $3,321 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2004 | $5,690,000 | $9,449,195 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2004 | $11,906,000 | $19,771,902 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2004 | $63,342 | $105,190 |
| Total Revenues | 2004 | $17,783,385 | $29,532,281 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2004 | $5,300,000 | $8,801,535 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2004 | $111,000 (est) | $184,334 (est) |
| Participations | 2004 | $711,000 | $1,180,734 |
| Residuals ? | 2004 | $1,299,000 | $2,157,206 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2004 | $1,060,000 | $1,760,307 |
| Total Expenses | 2004 | $8,481,000 | $14,084,117 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2004 | $9,302,385 | $15,448,164 |
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 | The Intouchables | 2012 | Shared genres: 3 | 95.5 | $143,746,007 |
 | Life Is Beautiful | 1998 | Shared genres: 3 | 95.2 | $112,743,538 |
 | 3 Idiots | 2009 | Shared genres: 3 | 89.8 | $56,355,505 |
 | PK | 2014 | Shared genres: 3 | 88.8 | $60,599,371 |
 | Wild Tales | 2015 | Shared genres: 3 | 87.1 | $21,136,823 |
Tooltips
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $354,000, DVD $11,552,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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