
Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.... (Full plot summary below)
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Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
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| Hollywood ReporterRay BennettMost of all, Earhart wanted to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds, and director Nair and star Swank make her quest not only understandable but truly impressive. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDistressingly ordinary for such an extraordinary subject. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn't trust a viewer's independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen. |
| Screen InternationalBrent SimonTwo-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank can't give any lift to Amelia, a soggy, un-engaging biopic. |
| Contra Costa TimesRandy MyersAt least Amelia is consistent. It continually squanders potential like that, turning a pioneering woman's soaring story into a conventional love story that never takes flight. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderIn the running for the dullest, most lifeless biopic of the decade. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerWhile Amelia was no airhead, the film flies above the fray, barely skimming the surface of a life and time, including traumatic world wars, the Great Depression and her mystery disappearance. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordHilary Swank certainly looks the part and...fits the period well, ...but although her Amelia talks about her love of flight, Nair fails to really make us feel it. |
| FilmsInReview.comVictoria AlexanderA dull, torturous bore. Could Earhart's life really have been this uninteresting? |
| Decent Films GuideSteven D. GreydanusA fine tribute to an American pioneer, but I feel sure that Earhart's story merits, and would reward, a more searching and thoughtful exploration. |