Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Directed by Maïlys Vallade · 2025 ·
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
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GKIDS Why this score?
- Strong critic approval (97% positive).
- Audiences widely enjoyed it (91%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (82/100).
- Celluloid Score 85% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
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Is Little Amélie or the Character of Rain worth watching?
Yes — Little Amélie or the Character of Rain earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Adapted from Amélie Nothomb's autobiographical novel, Little Amélie renders early childhood as a rush of sensation and color, trusting its youngest narrator to carry surprisingly weighty ideas about identity and loss.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Little Amélie or the Character of Rain about?
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a...
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