Fresh
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.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Overview
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 and cast
- Mira Nair Director
- Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart
- Richard Gere as George Putnam
- Aaron Abrams as Slim Gordon
- Ewan McGregor as Gene Vidal
- Christopher Eccleston as Fred Noonan
- Joe Anderson as Bill Stultz
- Cherry Jones as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Mia Wasikowska as Elinor Smith
- Dylan Roberts as Leo Bellarts
- Scott Yaphe as William Dalten
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Inoffensive, arcane and ultimately rather sweet, 'Amelia' is one to take your grandmother to.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Rotten
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie?
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Rotten
Amelia is handsome yet predictable and high-minded -- not a dud, exactly, but too proper, too reserved for its swaggering subject.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
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.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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