Last time Swankatron went a-courting awards, she did so with the amazing Million Dollar Baby. But this biopic of legendary pilot Amelia Earhart is a hundred times blander.
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11/13/09
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Amelia (2009)
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Reviews Counted:140
Fresh:29
Rotten:111
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: $14,133,329
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
What should have been a soaring, inspirational, complex epic has been grounded by bad storytell ADVERTISEMENT ing, chocolate-box visuals, rubbish star turns and another awful US accent from a Ewan McGregor.
11/13/09
Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank gives Earhart a convincing Kansas twang but little else in a performance that is unaccountably stiff.
11/12/09
This terrific true story has been so overproduced that there's virtually no life left in it
11/12/09
Hilary Swank captures her beautifully.
11/11/09
Towards the end, as the story returns to that round-the-world flight, the suspense kicks in, and Swank’s performance comes into its own.
11/11/09
The period detail is brilliantly brought to life, but the film is superficial, lacking the passion of its heroine.
11/11/09
Swanks’ clear shot at a third statuette is blocked by hulkingly dull writing and direction that could point the way towards a definitive cure for insomnia.
11/11/09
... it is a film that fails to soar even a little bit despite being about one of the greatest flyers in the history of the planet.
11/11/09
Amelia is a film that could have been great, but instead is an average film about an extraordinary person.
11/08/09
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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