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With her lanky Middle-America looks and her toothy grin, Hilary Swank is a natural fit for the adventurous figure of Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous aviatrix. Amelia ticks through the major achievements of Earhart's career: her 1928 flight across the Atlantic (as a passenger, not a pilot), which made her the first airborne woman to make the trip; more triumphantly, her 1932 solo transatlantic journey; her marriage to publisher George Putnam; and of course the mysterious 1937 around-the-world flight that ended in her vanishing, with engineer Fred Noonan, somewhere near Howland Island in the mid Pacific. With Swank in her pilot togs and director Mira Nair at the helm, the project would seem to have the ingredients for success, but the resulting film is a truly dull, almost featureless affair. The big flights themselves have innate appeal, but otherwise the emphasis is on Amelia's love life, shared between Putnam (Richard Gere) and the dashing Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor)--who, the film clumsily keeps reminding us, is the father of Gore Vidal, seen here as a precocious tyke. A smidgen of Amelia's proto-feminist attitude is included, including her intriguing take on her marriage agreement, but nothing actually cuts deep or generates interest. After a while Amelia becomes a series of events, told with less excitement than the average documentary on the same subject, albeit with prettier photography. --Robert Horton
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
adequate bio-pic good-looking blu-ray,
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This review is from: Amelia [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Though this film is almost painstakingly accurate in its chronicling of Amelia's life, her passion for flying is unfortunately reduced to verbal statements rather than the expected visuals. The blu-ray is good-looking but there is an overall missed opportunity here for more expansive landscape photography, along with a capturing of Earhart's joy. Instead the viewer is left wanting more with the often too-brief clips of some remarkable global scenery. Such a shame. Despite the heavyweight talent (Swank, Gere, McGregor), it almost feels like a made-for-TV movie, instead of the period epic it should have been. Still as a bio-pic this film is adequate. Bonus features include deleted scenes, making of, and the original movie tone news. (3 1/2 stars)
3.0 out of 5 stars
a bit of a Let Down,
By Novel Girl (Alberta,Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amelia (DVD)
This movie was a disappointment when you consider Amelia and what she accomplished in her life and how much of a story there was to tell. And also when you consider these 2 actors and the quality of their acting. The let down was not in the content or the acting, but in the way the movie told it.It was disorganized, flipping from past to current, and some parts really dragged on. The acting was very good but the movie in its telling falls short. Still worth seeing though if you have an interest in knowing about her life, and seeing some good flying scenes, and history of women flying back then.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (75 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Perfectly competent film...,
By Mad Collector "horror film buff" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amelia [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Much negative has been said about this movie. Having a casual interest in this figure's disappearance caused me to check out the film. The cast is strong and the settings are beautiful. When viewed on Blu-ray, the movie really captures in superb detail the landscapes that the aviatrix herself witnessed. I found the film engaging and enjoyed the bit about Amelia's flight with Eleanor Roosevelt. If you are looking for action or something rife with tension, then pass on this. However, this is a well-executed character piece with convincing actors who really bring a time in America's past to life...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing Special Effects,
By W. Easley "Opa" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amelia (DVD)
"Amelia", a movie about the famous pilot Amelia Earhart, was not quite what I expected. Miss Earhart was a heroine who fearlessly attacked and conquered numerous flying records in the years before world War II. She was beloved by most in my parents generation."Amelia" (played by Hilary Swank) does a good job of telling the story of Earhart's personal and business life. We experience with them the difficulties obtaining financing for flying events. We view the budding romance and marriage of Amelia and George Putnam (Played by Richard Gere). We also learn of Amelia's feminist attitudes and her affair with Gene Vidal (well played by Ewan McGregor). So as a film about Miss Earhart's personal life, Amelia is excellent. "Amelia" has a great cast, but the characters appear one dimensional.. I have seen movies where each of these main actors were superior in their parts. In this film both Swank and Gere present cardboard characterizations of the people they play. I believe that the script is the problem. The scenes provided to the actors leave little room to demonstrate their acting skills. For example, George Putman does occasionally appear hurt by the actions of his wife, but the scenes are too short to allow Gere to capitalize on the emotions that Putman must have felt. Amelia" was a bit of a disappointment to me on the way it presented flying. I expected this film to enhance the love of flying by helping the audience feel the joy of solo flight. There were some brief scenes of Amelia flying but they were mostly just a glimpse not a celebration of flight. Amelia Earhart is best known to us as a person who loves flying more than anything. I believe that much more emphasis needed to be put on the flying itself. With modern special effects, communicating the feeling of flying could easily be done. Amelia is a decent film that is moderately entertaining. Overall the movie is average. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conventional Hollywood Biopic,
By Scott T. Rivers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amelia (DVD)
"Amelia" (2009) takes the remarkable life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and turns it into a disappointingly routine film. Hilary Swank and Richard Gere try to enliven the lackluster script, but not even director Mira Nair can sustain viewer interest. Stuart Dryburgh's impressive cinematography is wasted. A two-hour catalog of missed opportunities.
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