Swank is no mere impersonator. Her Amelia, like Maggie in "Million Dollar Baby," is unwavering in her gaze, ambition, and drive... In Nair's evocatively art-directed (and sensationally costumed) film, Earhart comes alive.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A perfectly sound biopic, well directed and acted, about an admirable woman. It confirmed for me Earhart's courage -- not only in flying, but in insisting on living her life outside the conventions of her time for well-behaved females. The next generation of American women grew up in her slipstream.Read Full Review »
Inside Amelia is a sharp idea struggling to get out: How does a woman marketed to the public as a star turn herself back into a human being? And at what cost?Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This movie was made to be shown to junior high history classes, not audiences in a movie theater.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
A 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.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Betsy Sharkey
So a pioneering feminist in the hands of a feminist filmmaker should have been a perfect match. But like her subject, the filmmaker gets lost in the clouds.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Amelia is a stunted epic, an ambitious and handsome-looking picture that tells its story in the dullest, most confusing way possible.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
It's enough to make you wish someone would make a movie about her.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael 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 »
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