Review of Amelia (2009) by Shirin K — 08 Sep 2012

Good film.. Great acting from Hilary Swank and worth seeing.

This review of Amelia (2009) was written by Shirin K on 08 Sep 2012.

Amelia has generally received mixed reviews.

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Not one of the more fast-paced movies, but I feel it did an excellent job of portraying a great period in aviation history…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 17 Jun 2015

Amelia is handsome yet predictable and high-minded--not a dud, exactly, but too proper, too reserved for its swaggering subject…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 08 May 2016

This movie was made to be shown to junior high history classes, not audiences in a movie theater…

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LOVE Hilary Swank, LOVE Richard Gere! NOT loving the story. This could have been a great film…

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These have to be some of the least exhilarating flight scenes ever committed to film, as Swank looks as if she has been put in a box in a studio…

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Surprisingly poor, given the stellar cast. The biography doesn't lend itself to dramatisation, at least not in this account…

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Seasoned director Mira Nair goes way off the rails in almost every way-from the lack of chemistry in Earhart and Putnam's seeming relationship…

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