Hilary Swank,
Richard Gere,
Mia Wasikowska,
Ewan McGregor,
Christopher Eccleston
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A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
DVD Release Date: February 2, 2010
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November 17, 2009entertaining and full of great landscapes, the the film fails almost everywhere else. the telling of amelia's life was stale and formulaic, handing us the standard information about amelia's life without digging deeper than what you might find on her wikipedia page. the film ju...( read more)
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October 30, 2009When it comes to biopics, the audience is always teetering on a fine line between learning the facts and being entertained. Usually, by their inherent nature of being fact-based stories, biographical adaptations can succumb to this and either tell a very informative story or comp...( read more)
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October 25, 2009I remember reading an article on what is considered to be a surefire oscar winner, "Amelia" had three of those things going for it. Bio-pic, main character dying (Um... spoiler alert.) and Hilary Swank. Problem is they could have made Amelia Earhart a mentally challenged lesbian ...( read more)
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January 22, 2010I found myself hoping that(even though I have know the story for years) the Island would be sighted! I think the film was very well made and directed, the cast put forth a very strong performance, although the movie comes off as stale and boring
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December 29, 2009I've seen Biopic's on allot of famous and infamous people of the 20th century, Public Enemies(John Dillinger), Aviator(Howard Hughes), Schindler's List(Oskar Schindler), Iron jawed Angel(Alice Paul). But this film, this film has to take the cake as one of the best I've seen ye...( read more)
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February 9, 2010The script may be weak, but there's an undeniable heartfelt performance by Swank. Some of the scenery really makes up for the made-for-TV feel of the film.
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February 8, 2010Amelia Earhart really is one of my icons, a formidable role model. She broke so many boundaries, so many records, always striving to move beyond, never to rest. Her sudden and tragic disappearance in July 1937 on a round the world trip has lent an enduring fascination to her st...( read more)
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February 6, 2010lotta scenic settings. i'm sure everybody knows Earhart's mysterious ending but i was curious to see how they did it. not surprising i think.
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February 6, 2010so they were 2 when the plane vanished.i thought she was alone.so that's what happen
Critic Reviews
November 13, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
October 26, 2009
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie? full review
October 26, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
It's all so glancing and superficial that the movie doesn't seem to have a present tense. It goes by like coming attractions. It is, however, a treasury of bad biopic dialogue. full review
October 23, 2009
Pete Hammond, Back Stage
Critics may balk but Amelia is old fashioned in the best sense and soars as a big, beautiful and sweeping motion picture biography about a true American legend. full review
October 23, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Who wants a life imprisoned in safety?" Amelia asks in a voice-over. And you want to shout, "This movie does, honey." There's not a real or spontaneous minute in it. full review
October 23, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Director Mira Nair dresses that up with visual grace, with shots of clouds and sky that are beautiful and elusive enough to escape the tinge of cliche. But the basic bones of the story are the problem... full review
October 23, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Amelia is a conventional, competent and often very pretty film; it's just never as interesting as the woman at its center. full review
October 23, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Amelia goes airborne but never fully soars. It's hampered by a too-reverential portrait of the record-breaking aviator. full review
October 22, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Amelia is a perfectly sound biopic, well directed and acted, about an admirable woman. full review
October 22, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR
Swank's resemblance to Earhart is uncanny, but the result is verisimilitude without engagement %u2014 a risk-taker's story told entirely without narrative risk, and a movie that consequently never tak... full review
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