Amelia reminds us how little we really know about the lives of famous achievers who changed the world, and underlines the power of biography on screen. It's a creatively and technically accomplished film with thrills and emotional action in equal measure
Amelia (2009)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:19
Rotten:90
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Amelia takes the compelling raw materials of its subject’s life and does little with them, conventionally ticking off Earhart's accomplishments without exploring the soul of the woman.
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $8,340,499
Synopsis:
Visionary. Lover. Dreamer. Fighter. Legend. Icon. AMELIA.
An extraordinary life of adventure, celebrity and continuing mystery comes to light in AMELIA, a vast, thrilling account of legendary...
Visionary. Lover. Dreamer. Fighter. Legend. Icon. AMELIA.
An extraordinary life of adventure, celebrity and continuing mystery comes to light in AMELIA, a vast, thrilling account of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (two time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank).
After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart - the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her belief in flirting with danger and standing up as her own, outspoken woman never changed. She was an inspiration to people everywhere, from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) to the men closest to her heart: her husband, promoter and publishing magnate George P. Putnam (Golden Globe® winner Richard Gere), and her long time friend and lover, pilot Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). In the summer of 1937, Amelia set off on her most daunting mission yet: a solo flight around the world that she and George both anxiously foresaw as destined, whatever the outcome, to become one of the most talked-about journeys in history. --© Fox Searchlight
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Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson
Director: Mira Nair
Director: Mira Nair
Screenwriter: Ron Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan
Producer: Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Reviews for Amelia
Romance edges ahead of adventure or characterisations and as a result, despite a soaring lead performance by Hilary Swank, the film suffers from a fatal dose of melodrama
Not so much a film as it is the world's dullest diorama brought to semi-life.
Although it has moments that soar, the movie as a whole never quite gets off the ground
Reduces the story of this feminine icon into a typical Hollywood romantic triangle, albeit one with some beautifully staged aerial set pieces.
In its effort to be one of the first Oscar-bait titles out of the gate, the stately but sterile Amelia ends up stumbling over its own feet.
The movie is like a plane you see off in the distance: You recognize it's a plane but its details are indistinct.
In one fell swoop, Mira Nair and company have set the genre back 64 years. That's probably some kind of accomplishment.
A fine tribute to an American pioneer, but I feel sure that Earhart's story merits, and would reward, a more searching and thoughtful exploration.
Director Mira Nair stays within the safe parameters [of the biopic]in bringing the life of Amelia Earhart to the screen.
Eventually I just wanted her to crash the damn plane so I could go home already.
Those expecting a stirring portrait of a feminist pioneer will be disappointed by the ethereal ambiguity of 'Amelia.'
Amelia is handsome yet predictable and high-minded -- not a dud, exactly, but too proper, too reserved for its swaggering subject.
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.
So what happens when the audience gets disconnected? They get bored. They lose focus. In a two hour movie this can be devastating.
A dull, torturous bore. Could Earhart's life really have been this uninteresting?
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