2009 · adventure · drama · history
Amelia
Directed by Mira Nair1h 51m2009
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Our read: Amelia (2009) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded adventure · drama · history entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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“You want glossy aviation history and a pioneer's lonely final flight.”
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