Review of Amelia

Amelia (2009)
7/10
Not Homely (dvd)
7 July 2011
This movie interested me for two facts: first, it adds to Hilary's filmography. Second, it's about a world tour and as i actually write a similar novel, i was excited to see how she planned hers.

Now, I discovered that this movie also had great assets: Today, we take for granted plane flights but we really don't know their origin. This movie has a great historic and educative value. I never thought it was so perilous to fly during the 1940. Next, the movie is tastefully shot: great sets, costumes, editing and photography. The world seems blend in chrome and shine. It's a good choice to cut the world travel in bits because it adds to the rhythm. Furthermore, the morphing of news footage into the movie is also original. And the ending credits with pictures of the real Amelia are respectful and you can see that Hilary is really a chameleon. She is really convincing when it's about following her dreams and dare her life to live it. It's truth that visions of her travels have been expurgated (as the Madsen part, not even in the credits thus the fifteen minutes of cut scenes added).

All in all, it's a good recommendation. For sure, if you are flight-panic, this movie won't cure your fear!
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