Metacritic Movie Ratings
Amelia Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 90

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett

  Most 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.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Amelia goes airborne but never fully soars.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa 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.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy 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.

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• 30

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  What rankles most about Amelia is the timidity and lack of imagination with which Nair approaches one of America's most exceptional and intriguing celebrity life stories.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Alas, excesses of any pleasurable kind are absent from this exasperatingly dull production.

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