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  • Amelia
  • Opened October 23, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 51 min.
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  • PG
    some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking.
  • After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart - the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her Read More
  • Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones
  • Director: Mira Nair
  • Genres: Biopic [feature], Drama

Amelia Recent Fan Reviews

  • Wrost movie I've seen!
    by TheCritic13

    The movie was aweful! They did not develop Ameila's charactor and I think she was portrade all wrong! The acting was bad and the plot was too! I hated it!...

  • Amelia
    by cwree4

    Hilliary Swank and Richard Gere portrayed their characters to a tee. The story was very inspiring and for the most part, well done. Camera technique in a few spots was shaky, but wasn't a...

  • Don't like Swank,but thought history would be fun to see...
    by lovestalentmoviefan

    ...but didn't realize how self involved and unfaithful this woman was. So that is part of my score. To be fair to just the movie,I still say NO. It was slow,hard to follow and just not interesting...

Five Word Reviews

  • interesting inspiring historical dramatic energizing by lime27

  • Visually superb biography dull plot by LLatiolais

  • entertaining go see it soon by ardier

Amelia Critic Reviews

Metascore®37 out of 100 | Generally unfavorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    The Hollywood Reporter | Ray Bennett

    Most of all, Earhart wanted to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A perfectly sound biopic, well directed and acted, about an admirable woman....

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Amelia goes airborne but never fully soars.

  • 63
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    This movie was made to be shown to junior high history classes, not audiences...

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.5 out of 5
Metascore®:
37 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews

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Amelia Movie Photos

  • Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in "Amelia."
  • Richard Gere as George Putnam and Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in "Amelia."
  • Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart and Ewan McGregor as Gene Vidal in "Amelia."
  • Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, Richard Gere as George Putnam and Christopher Eccleston as Fred Noonan in "Amelia."
  • Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart and Richard Gere as George Putnam in "Amelia."
  • Mia Wasikowska as Elinor Smith and Richard Gere as George Putnam in "Amelia."