Amelia
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: October 23, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
11
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38
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
There's so much pluck and gumption on the screen you can smell it. Flesh and blood? Not so much. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin Chang
What rankles most about Amelia is the timidity and lack of imagination with which Nair approaches one of America's most exceptional and intriguing celebrity life stories. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyNick Pinkerton
Drawn from two Earhart bios, Mira Nair’s dull hagiography comes in about 111 minutes too long. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
With any luck this biopic of Amelia Earhart will also vanish without a trace. Hilary Swank is sorely miscast as the legendary aviator. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
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. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubSam Adams
Considering its focus on a pioneering, rule-breaking icon, the film’s utter lack of personality isn’t just a failure. It’s close to an insult. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
There’s not a real or spontaneous minute in it. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Better luck trying to find out what truly happened to the real Earhart than trying to diagnose all that's wrong with this hapless film. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Amelia Earhart is still missing. Read full review
20
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Alas, excesses of any pleasurable kind are absent from this exasperatingly dull production. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Tis embalmed drama is a ghost from the '80s, a decade that regularly produced surprise-free, caramelized biopics. The airless Amelia is missing practically everything. Read full review
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