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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>Amelia</em> Vs. <em>Antichrist</em>

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John Del Signore

Published Oct 23, 2009

Modified Oct 23, 2009

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Oof. Amelia, the biopic about the famous pilot, is getting slammed by the critics. Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart, and Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor also show up for the prestige pic, but to no avail. Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere represents the majority with his signature brio, "Everyone had heard or suspected that [director] Mira Nair's Amelia would be bad, but I was nonetheless stunned by the boredom and general flatness that leapt—seethed?—out of every scene and frame. Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan's script is amazingly drippy and mundane. The roteness of Nair's direction is suffocating. This is probably the last American-funded directing gig she'll have in a long time. Put her in movie jail and throw away the key."Call it a mildly agreeable time-waster if you want, but if you truly enjoy Amelia or express a degree of genuine enthusiasm even—"Not too bad! Nice aerial photography!"—there's really something wrong with you. With your taste buds, I mean. Amelia is a film diseased and poisoned and deadened with schmaltz. It's a major embarrassment all around."

 

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Click on the film stills above for more on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Antichrist, (Untitled), Astroboy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant , Saw VI, Eulogy for a Vampire, Motherhood, Night and Day, Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, Rembrandt's J'Accuse, Wild River, The Lost Boys, and Life of Brian.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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