I’ve not yet seen the movie Amelia but I shall.  This is the movie I’ve been waiting for all summer.  From the previews it does appear that Hiliary Swank as the look of Ms. Earhart … her slim build is perfect.  I have some concern as to Richard Gere but then again I had some doubts about his role in Chicago which proved to be unnecessary.

I am anxious about the story-line in Amelia.  There have been so many documentaries made about the aviatrix and her life;  I wonder if a biopic could do justice.  I sure hope so. 

New York Times

"Exasperatingly dull production"

Wall Street Journal:

"The film struggles to stay aloft, and may soon vanish, like its namesake, without a trace"

Rolling Stone:

"There is not a real or spontaneous minute in it"

………etc,  Plain tedious, it is a deeply pedestrian film that looks paticularly lame whenever it tries to take us aloft…….

And when i see Richard Gere, i have to run away! lol Thanks but not for me! 

Just saw this movie today with my boyfriend and both of us loved it! We loved the outfits, the old planes, understood why she had to commercialize herself in order to fly and then the unusual love she had for her husband. She was a feminist who didn’t expect fidelity, but both seem to have truly loved one another.

Hillary once again can embody a character and make her real. Richard Gere is wonderful as the supportive husband. Ewan McGregor is also good as the supportive friend and lover who Richard Gere tolerates.

Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars. Ebert doesn’t give the movie a 4th star because the movie lacks drama, which means, Amelia didn’t have enough scandal in her life to make a more "dramatic" movie. A lot of movies invent something that didn’t happen for dramatic effect. This movie chose not to and it’s getting bad reviews for that.

But for us, as a bio film on a female with a love of adventure, it was great! For once, they stuck to the real story.