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Best movie ever!
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Logan
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Rectangular_businessman
"Ah, L'Amour" a very interesting beginning animation for the great Don Hertzfeldt, which even without having the same level of greatness of his best shorts (Such as "Rejected","Everything will be OK" and "I Am So Proud of You")is certainly a good exercise of cleverness and originality, showing from the start all the elements that define the particular style from this filmmaker, such as the simple but funny aesthetic of the drawings, the dark sense of humor, the surreal situations and the brilliant moments of truth which constantly appear among all the absurdity and crazy scenes.Worth a look.
MisterWhiplash
Though not on the level of insane brilliancy as with Don Hertzfeldt's most recent (within the last several year), Ah L'Amour displays the beginning of the Hertzfeldt logic, only this time in a somewhat more innocent form. In several vignettes we see the act of rejection from women in its most base forms, no matter what is asked there is a violent, murderous reaction with "I just want my space", or "No means no you bastard" preceding it. Hertzfeldt also crumples up the paper and starts all over again with each new try, and its sort of heartfelt in its most utterly crude way. It's like a dash of hopelessness given the finest touch, however not yet totally honed to a point, of dark whimsy. The absurdity of Hertzfeldt is there too, though as a "bitter film" by the director it actually ends much more on that note than with everything else. Oh, and a special thanks to a friend- caffeine!
DameFlux
This film is so good it should be shown to small school children. Don clearly understands the mystery of love well. I saw this online and sent it to everyone I know. I would like to have it put in the Library of Congress. Shown in theaters like the THX sound check . Relationships are soul stealing ordeals that are best left hidden but Ah Lamour is brilliant. It's funny but the minimum number of lines for a comment is ten here on IMDb . That means I have to write almost more lines that the length of this film. Weighin in at around a couple minutes Ah Lamour is a power packed mini movie. After seeing it you will give up dating, sex and having children. If bitterness is your fuel I highly recommend Ah Lamour. For stick figures the animation is actually quite brilliant. See it.
rbverhoef
Before 'Genre', before 'Billy's Balloon' and before 'Rejected' animator Don Hertzfeldt delivered his first twisted and disturbing animated short film. 'Ah, L'Amour' tells the story of a guy who keeps getting rejected by the girls he wants to ask out. Actually, they reject him even before he asks them out. The girls reject him not with words alone, they literally cut him to pieces.As disturbing as the shorts I mentioned above, it is also as funny from time to time. I must admit there are less laughs than in the later work, but to start with a short like this is pretty good. If you can appreciate the disturbing kind of humor this is definitely an animation you want to see.
