Amelia is a film that could have been great, but instead is an average film about an extraordinary person.
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11/08/09
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Amelia (2009)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:19
Rotten:91
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.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Oct 23, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $11,346,336
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... [More]
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Mira Nair
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Reviews for Amelia
Not so much a film as it is the world's dullest diorama brought to semi-life.
11/06/09
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
11/05/09
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
11/05/09
Although it has moments that soar, the movie as a whole never quite gets off the ground
11/03/09
Reduces the story of this feminine icon into a typical Hollywood romantic triangle, albeit one with some beautifully staged aerial set pieces.
11/03/09
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.
11/02/09
The movie is like a plane you see off in the distance: You recognize it's a plane but its details are indistinct.
10/31/09
In one fell swoop, Mira Nair and company have set the genre back 64 years. That's probably some kind of accomplishment.
10/31/09
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.
10/31/09
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10/30/09
Director Mira Nair stays within the safe parameters [of the biopic]in bringing the life of Amelia Earhart to the screen.
10/29/09
Eventually I just wanted her to crash the damn plane so I could go home already.
10/27/09
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie?
10/26/09
Top CriticThose expecting a stirring portrait of a feminist pioneer will be disappointed by the ethereal ambiguity of 'Amelia.'
10/26/09
Amelia is handsome yet predictable and high-minded -- not a dud, exactly, but too proper, too reserved for its swaggering subject.
10/26/09
Top CriticIt’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.
10/26/09
Top CriticSmotheringly conventional
10/26/09
So what happens when the audience gets disconnected? They get bored. They lose focus. In a two hour movie this can be devastating.
10/26/09
A dull, torturous bore. Could Earhart's life really have been this uninteresting?
10/25/09
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