noralee "Amy" is an Australian Post "(Almost) Famous "with the side themes of Rock 'n' Roll Giveth and Rock 'n' Roll Takes It Away, or Our Lives Were All Saved By Rock 'n' Roll.Combining the kind of grittiness and optimistic magic realism of "Billy Elliott," with the Ozzie quirky characters of "Muriel's Wedding," "Amy" avoids over-sentimentalizing its story of a grieving rock star widow and daughter and the other dysfunctionals who befriend them against a range of outsiders.The original music is enjoyable, the covers unusual and the little girl with the luminous eyes and surprising voice startlingly good.Rachel Griffiths has great chemistry in a changing relationship with a strong Ben Mendelsohn as a reclusive musician who is as touched by the girl as she is by him.The supporting nuts are great fun, especially when singing.We also get a nice tour of Melbourne as a bonus.(originally written 5/27/2001))

mifunesamurai Little girl Amy witnesses the death of her pop star father and withdraws from life. The only means of communicating to her is through song. What a wonderful idea but poorly executed. The script needed to go through further drafts to eliminate the repetitiveness and the unbalanced genre!

strife the most beautiful movie iv ever seen, first the end titles appeared i noticed that my face was covered in tears and that my back was really hurting cuz of the awkward position iv been sitting in during the whole move.. MUST SEE!

grinna I liked this movie but I was a bit confused as to what sort of movie it was - I would say it was a pot pourri of type. Was it a drama with quirky little pieces of dark comedy and surrealism thrown in for good measure? One wonders whether the director or producers could not make their minds up as to what type of movie it would be. Perhaps everyone got their way. It might have made more at the box office if it had been a children's story - which it probably is, if you take out the swearwords, and family violence etc. In my opinion, this great cast of actors might have been a little bit let down by the script, which could have built better stories of victory over adversity with each character, and also added a little more surrealism.This movie certainly showed some dramatic snapshots of some of the lives and situations of people living in Australia. The coppers singing whilst searching for Amy was fantastic. Mendelsohn's 'lyrics of life' were also deep and meaningful.Alana De Roma's performance as a singer and actor were excellent. Golly, has she got a future!I would rate this movie as a 6.5 out of 10; well worth watching.[Was it a touch of irony that one time Melbourne rock legend Bobby Bright played the busker on the street? Why wasn't he singing "Hitch Hiker"?]