"AMELIA" Reviews

When we see a movie in a theatre on a date, my husband and I have to be selective. We read the reviews and carefully select everything to make it worthwhile. We have two kids; there's just not time for a bad movie!

Though Amelia didn't have stellar reviews, we wanted to see it. After all, the real Amelia was from Kansas! We have to go cheer on our own historic home girl! ;-)

The Story

If you've never heard of the story, this may be news to you. The movie details Amelia Earhart, the first famous female pilot who broke records once held only by men. Her story has always complicated the aspect of...

"Amelia"--a movie review

"Amelia" isn't a bad film, just a film with a lot of 'bad' things mostly what it hints at and doesn't tell.

Most people who see this film will know the ending so it is what happened before that has to hold your attention and what happened isn't explored. There is a hint of a unhappy childhood with an alcoholic father, a hint at her possibly having been a lesbian. There is a hint of an affair with Gene Vidal, the father of Gore, who was starting a new commuter business with her, while there is a hint that her husband is aware what is going on.

Amelia Earhart was first...