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Amelia (2009)

Amelia
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Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Mia Wasikowska

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.

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45% liked it
79,207 ratings

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20% liked it
138 critics

PG, 2 hrs.
Directed by: Mira Nair
Release Date: Oct 23, 2009

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1 day ago
Wow. I haven't been that bored in a long time. Sure, Amelia Earhart did amazing things for aviation and is an inspiration to many, but this was just a snorefest. I couldn't get myself into this movie at all and it didn't grab my attention at all. I l... (read more)
2 days ago
It was a part of history that I didn't know much about, but it could have been told in a 30 min movie. Two hours for this felt really dragged out.
3 days ago
wait until it come on T.V
4 days ago
we all know how the story ends though...i dont get it.
4 days ago
Don't you just HATE it when you're so excited to see a movie, and all it does it let you down like a child in class on "Take your daughter to work day"

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19 days ago
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Woodenly acted and grinningly bland, this Amelia Earhart life story turns Hilary Swank and Richard Gere, playing the aviatrix's publisher husband, into virtual Thunderbirds puppets.
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37 days ago
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie?
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37 days ago
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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.
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40 days ago
Pete Hammond, Back Stage
Critics may balk but Amelia is old fashioned in the best sense and soars as a big, beautiful and sweeping motion picture biography about a true American legend.
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40 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Who wants a life imprisoned in safety?" Amelia asks in a voice-over. And you want to shout, "This movie does, honey." There's not a real or spontaneous minute in it.
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