Amelia
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.
28 November 1971, Bangor, North Wales, UK
17 December 1985, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
7 March 1949
31 August 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 November 1956, Paris, Tennessee, USA
16 February 1970, Montréal, Québec, Canada
1942, Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England, UK
14 October 1989, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
1974
July 06, 2010
What on the surface looks like a plush period piece with best picture aspirations, is actually a bland biopic of an otherwise interesting figure in Amelia.
November 13, 2009
Inoffensive, arcane and ultimately rather sweet, 'Amelia' is one to take your grandmother to.
October 23, 2009
Directed by Mira Nair and executive-produced by its star Hilary Swank, the movie seems oddly preoccupied with the audience's approval for its subject.
July 04, 2010
Stuart Dryburgh's sweeping panoramas of Canada and Cape Town %u2013 standing in for Nairobi, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii %u2013 deserve to be enjoyed on the big screen.
January 13, 2014
Unfortunately, the drama is nil, and the laughs come thick and fast.
December 10, 2009
It has beautiful cinematography, a star performance that is shocking in its authenticity, a careful eye for nuance and detail and an irresistible blend of action and romance that should spell automatic success.
October 26, 2009
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie?
July 21, 2012
As a rule, biopics are really hard to do, and that's because it's almost impossible to strike the perfect balance between truth and drama.
February 06, 2010
While Amelia was no airhead, the film flies above the fray, barely skimming the surface of a life and time, including traumatic world wars, the Great Depression and her mystery disappearance.
October 26, 2009
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.
February 12, 2010
Feels like a tomb, lending itself to a slow, quiet pace that's possibly meant to be reflective but is instead dirgelike.
October 26, 2009
Amelia is handsome yet predictable and high-minded -- not a dud, exactly, but too proper, too reserved for its swaggering subject.
