Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones |
Director |
Mira Nair |
Screenplay | Ronald Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan, from the book by Susan Butler, Mary S. Lovell |
Music | Gabriel Yared |
Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Editing | Alison C. Johnson, Lee Percy |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | AE Electra Productions, Avalon Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Low impact |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | Low impact |
Comments | None |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Nosedive | 5 | |
Die Burger Mira Nair Sonder diepte stort 'Amelia' neer | 5 | |
Cape Times Betsy Sharkey 'Amelia' lost in the clouds | 5 | |
Box Office Amy Nicholson A glossy magazine spread of a film that lets sleeping icons lie | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
eye Weekly Eleni Deacon Kind of like flipping through a National Geographic without actually reading the articles. | 5 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers The only mystery about this waxwork of a movie is why it was ever made. | 5 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs When compared to something like Scorsese's terrific The Aviator (about Howard Hughes with similar goals in the same era), this offering feels like a balsa model compared to the real thing. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 34 critics | 7 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 140 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Amelia takes the compelling raw materials of its subject’s life and does little with them, conventionally ticking off Earhart's accomplishments without exploring the soul of the woman. | 4 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1027 Netizens A Highlights Reel | 11 | |
Average .. 37% | 7 |