Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

ShortoftheWeek This gut-busting yet painfully honest animation showcases the horrific encounters of a genuine man's quest to find love. His honest attempts to make friendly conversation with each encounter are ill-received, each woman bringing the attempt to a different brutally violent end. The common thread from commenters describe the film as, "both funny and true".Ah L'Amour was Don's first minor splash in the world of animation. Created while a student at UC Santa Barbara, Ah L'Amour was never intended for a wide viewing audience. Still, you see his personal style of bringing brutal realism to the simple and mundane moments of life —the Scorsese of animation—that shows itself in his later films, Rejected and Everything Will Be OK (both nominated for Oscars). Using extremely simplified scenes and characters (stick figures), his honest sense of storytelling is able to shine. Of all the animator's I've come to know, he is the only one who can bring 3 simple lines to life in ways that a whole crew of 3D animators could only dream of.Don Hertzfeldt (Bitter Films) is certainly no newcomer to the animation scene. Those familiar with Don's animation methods will know that he challenges himself to using only traditional animation methods abstaining from any digital intervention. In fact, he would have been featured on Short of the Week long ago had he endorsed any official online posting of his films. Ah L'Amour is his first. Let's hope there's more to come.

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.

Cowman "Ah, l'amour" is the ultimate animated slice-of-life comedy of an average male desperately seeking love from the opposite sex. Along his two minute quest he is tortured, maimed, and killed several times, simply for trying to be friendly-- the most unnervingly truthful metaphors of rejection that I have ever witnessed. While this creative, minimalist animation is laugh-out-loud funny, it is also painfully accurate. Personally, I couldn't help but to empathize with the little guy.

amcornelius74 Ah, the beauty of love. Ah, the splendor of its glory. Ah, the agony of rejection. TOTAL agony, that is!This timeless favourite of the Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted Animation Festival follows the adventure of our hapless male who receives brutal beatings from women when he tries to innocently ask them out. Brutal, as in having his head bashed in, his eyes driven in by stakes, or his heart ripped out. Yes, a love story! Sick and simple, much like "Billy's Balloon".Best way to view: in a large group with the men reading the male lines and the women reading the female lines. Note how most women cheer at our hero's demise. Hmm, makes one wonder! Available on Spike and Mike video collections.