(Entertainment Weekly) -- "Amelia" is 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. Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart and Richard Gere plays husband George Putnam in "Amelia." The mystery we ought to be paying attention to is: What really happened on the legendary American aviator's final, fatal flight in 1937? But the question audiences are left with is this: How could so tradition-busting a role model have resulted in so square, stiff, and earthbound a movie? Why present such a modern woman in such a fusty format?
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"Amelia" hits viewers over the head with its themes, says EW
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Film stars Hilary Swank as aviator Amelia Earhart
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"Amelia" is flat and dull when it should be exciting
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Some of the dialogue is delivered as speeches: yawn
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