Amelie NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (778)
See it if you're a fan of the movie, or a fan of Phillipa Soo. The show is cute and creative, and the performers are excellent.
Don't see it if you're looking for a particularly memorable show with songs that will stick with you.
See it if you enjoy charming shows that don't require much thought and lovely performances.
Don't see it if you like your shows to have believable plots and dislike sweet and fluffy stories. Or if you want it to be identical to the movie.
See it if You're a fan of the movie. You want to see Phillipa Soo play a super sweet character in an all new musical. You want a light-hearted show.
Don't see it if You've never seen the movie and want a show with more depth, a more memorable score and greater character development.
See it if 2(adults) + 2(teens): adults (didn't grab us but P Soo nice voice); teens: LOVED it: Thank you for taking us! Philippa Soo!!
Don't see it if didn't find it to be "light-hearted" (rather, compensatory tralala). Our teens connected to theme of emotional struggle to keep the faith.
See it if You want to be transported by a lovely story. I may be in the minority but I loved the score! Such wonderful characters. Set is gorgeous!
Don't see it if You were a fan of the film and want more from that what this musical lacks. Phillipa Soo is ok. The ensemble is definitely the highlight.
See it if You want to see Phillipa Soo, have a lot of fun on stage and want to see a light/feel good musical.
Don't see it if You are expecting the performance she did in Hamilton or the movie Amelie word by word. Read more
See it if you must see Phillipa Soo back on Broadway; don't mind a short, uneven musical-fantasy-comedy that lacks focus; can put aside expectations.
Don't see it if you're a fan of the film, which is much more enchanting than this promising yet misshapen musical that tries to do too much--but great cast! Read more
See it if You love Philippa or Adam Chanler-Berat. Want a light musical with a cute score. Identify with struggling to be yourself. Good feeling show!
Don't see it if You want songs you'll be singing out of the theatre. You want a big show with big dance numbers. You want a very emotional show.
Critic Reviews (64)
“Fluffy and sweet. And that’s about it...‘Amelie’ is a delectable world of whimsy and joy but the overall execution is mediocre at best. You want to root for ‘Amelie,’ both the character and the show, but it often gets in its own way…The score was very much the Achilles’ heel of the production…Soo is delightful…But the character gave her little to play with so her full potential didn’t shine through…‘Amelie’ is a middle of the pack musical. It’s not great, but it’s not bad."
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"More original than most adventures dared in the commercial theater. To original, alas, please add heedlessly whimsical, precious and so fragile we can almost hear it squish under the boot of hard-driving Broadway crowds rushing elsewhere...Soo has an enchanting open face and a creamy voice with enviable breath control and, as Amelie, she dashes around Paris with her chin literally up."
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"It's a tenderly drawn, small story, but it feels out of place amid the bombast and bigger effects that Broadway usually trades in. Pam MacKinnon's production is sweet and full of charm but it makes no lasting impression. The same is true of Daniel Messe and Nathan Tysen's score...It's not Phillipa Soo and Adam Chanler-Berat's fault that the material isn't in the same league as their earlier hit shows, and that charm only goes so far."
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“Stars Soo and Chanler-Berat can sing very well but you wouldn’t know it from the ungainly melodies they’re asked to tackle…The book is faithful to the movie in every detail except the one that matters: its spirit…They seem to have made the wrong choice at every turn...Soo does not display the star power that this role desperately needs. That’s not quite fair since no one could bring this story as written to life. Still, the charming Chanler-Berat does bring us in more.”
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"Despite a promising cast and crew, the Broadway adaptation lacks all the exuberant and mysterious joi de vivre that made the film such a critical and popular success...The most touching parts of the film get lost in the over-staging and the lackluster book...What the production seems to miss is that Amélie is not merely an adorable gamine doing cute things but a complex character living in a complicated, broken world that she is trying to fix; unfortunately, she can’t fix the musical."
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"Well-intentioned but uninspiring...A somewhat faithful book by Craig Lucas and a banal, disappointing score from Daniel Messé and Nathan Tysen...'Amélie' never seems to figure out what it wants to be, and its flaws lie in a combination of inconsistent directing by the usually reliable Pam MacKinnon and charmless, generic compositions...A closing number between the two leads, 'Where Do We Go From Here?' is promising, but it arrives too late."
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"Whimsy is an elusive quality to capture in the Broadway vernacular of today...The result is an enterprise that is never cloying but never totally engaging. It certainly has its entertaining, even inspired moments, and you can admire the dedication and proficiency of the 13-person cast...Poignancy and grace—as well as a little touch of French jauntiness in its score—are elements that 'Amélie' could use more of, along with its inherited whimsy."
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“'Amélie’ must make do with the bland and serviceable score of Messé and Tysen. Direction by MacKinnon at top-notch speed is helpful in keeping the one-act 90-minute musical alive, but its breathless pace only made me feel it was staged that way to prevent us from dwelling on the plot…Soo is a refreshing presence on stage…There is nothing ‘wrong’ with ‘Amélie the Musical.’ It just never soars. It never involves us, never really surprises.”
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