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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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hilary Swank is wonderful in the title role, and the aeroplanes sequences are stunning (very little computer generated images, unlike Pearl Harbour for example). And the other actors are great on their own. But the movie just doesn't come together as a whole.
The story is based on the real life of Amelia Earhart which is well known and full of drama. Yet Hollywood (again) has managed to produce a story that is at times.... boring.
Worth watching just for the aircraft and Hilary Swank's uncanny recreation of Amelia (compared to old newreel footage -- you have to look hard to see the difference). But a shame the personal relationships could not have been more believable.
The story is based on the real life of Amelia Earhart which is well known and full of drama. Yet Hollywood (again) has managed to produce a story that is at times.... boring.
Worth watching just for the aircraft and Hilary Swank's uncanny recreation of Amelia (compared to old newreel footage -- you have to look hard to see the difference). But a shame the personal relationships could not have been more believable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Being a fan of Hilary Swank and a plane 'anorak' I was looking forward to this. However, although it was enjoyable enough to watch it lacked any real spark. Seemed more like a Discovery 'faction' documentary than a movie drama.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Prior to watching this film I fully admit that I didn't know a great deal about the life and work of Amelia Earhart apart from the most basic facts, so I was grateful that this film filled in some of the gaps. Hilary Swank was her usual brilliant self and I have to admire the fact that she seems to fully inhabit every character she plays. Richard Gere as her publisher husband George Putnam was also impressive. However, the much lauded 'love triangle' was somewhat of a damp squib as there didn't appear to be a great deal of chemistry between Swank and Ewan McGregor, playing her lover Gene Vidal, who seemed to be replicating his character in 'Down with Love' a little too much for my taste.
That being said, it's a very watchable film and made me want to know more about the various conspiracy theories surrounding Earhart's disappearance. It was also interesting to see the origins of author and playwright Gore Vidal.
That being said, it's a very watchable film and made me want to know more about the various conspiracy theories surrounding Earhart's disappearance. It was also interesting to see the origins of author and playwright Gore Vidal.
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The Romance of Flight....
One can't but help that feel that this a movie about romance; the love affair between Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) and the freedom of flight and flying plus the romantic... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Tim Kidner
Amelia Earhart was a free spirited, gutsy lady who pursued that which...
Amelia stars two-time Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix and enigmatic symbol of the American free spirit, who was guided by a profound... Read more
Published 13 days ago by S. F. husseiny
a superb movie
Granted that the deleted scenes would have made the movie a bit more "complete" and complex, this movie was a thrill to watch from beginning to end. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Thomas Janak
Fact,but some fiction
Having read a lot about Amelia Earhart, I bought this DVD in the hope that it accurately followed the life of her and George Putnam. Read more
Published 15 months ago by LJDIMES
Better than the critics reviewed it.
Not a bad movie - it works fairly well and does tell her story quite well.
A little disjointed and the characters could have been a little more developed but not a bad... Read more
A little disjointed and the characters could have been a little more developed but not a bad... Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by R. C. J. Stewart
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