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Name: Amelia
Released: 2009-10-23
Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson

Amelia

PG
1h 52m
2009

20%

age 11+

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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.

Director:

Mira Nair

Producer:

Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman, Lydia Dean Pilcher

Writer:

Ron Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan

Cast:

Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

20%

Critics 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.

Reviews

The Spool

Tim Stevens

Earhart, a rebellious obsessive with an active distaste for societal convention, ends up feeling flat in practice.

February 4, 2021

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Sorry, Hilary. There won't be any awards coming your way for this year.

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 of convenience to the final heart-wrenching mystery of Amelia's disappearance.

[Amelia Earhart] must have been a fascinating woman - but you wouldn't know it watching the slick but unsatisfying Amelia.

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 and told to imagine that she is up in the air.

November 1, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 11+

Common Sense Says

Period biopic is uplifting but doesn’t truly soar.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this biopic about iconic female pilot Amelia Earhart (played by Oscar winner Hilary Swank) has a strong female role model for preteen girls and older. Although the film addresses Earhart's tumultuous personal life (including issues related to fidelity and fame), it also offers empowering messages -- throughout the film, Earhart is portrayed as a true champion of a woman's right to take flight and “be free.” Expect some kissing and underwear-clad cuddling, an affair, a fair bit of smoking (accurate to the era), some social drinking, and a little salty language ("ass," "hell," and the like).