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Overview

Genre :

Biography, Drama

Release Date :

October 23, 2009

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Mira Nair

Starring :

Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Eccleston, Marina Stone, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Abrams

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..we end the film knowing no more about Earhart than we did at the beginning..”

by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]

“..watchable..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..unexpectedly frank about how Earhart's public persona..”

by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

Review rate : C+

“..sets out to inspire an audience but never feels inspired itself..”

by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]

“..oddly drama-free..”

by Cathy Jakicic [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

“..it falls short of Nair's best work..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : C+

“..frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

“..exasperatingly dull production..”

by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

“..doesn't so much build dramatically..”

by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]

“..deadly dull..”

by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Reviewed by Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine]

Reviewed by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]

Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]

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