, 105 min, 2009
Ben Stiller (Larry Daley), Amy Adams (Amelia Earhart), Owen Wilson (Jedediah), Hank Azaria (Kahmunrah / The Thinker – (voice) / Abe Lincoln – (voice)), Robin Williams (Teddy Roosevelt), Christopher Guest (Ivan the Terrible), Alain Chabat (Napoleon Bonaparte), Steve Coogan (Octavius), Ricky Gervais (Dr. McPhee), Bill Hader (George Armstrong Custer), Jon Bernthal (Al Capone), Patrick Gallagher (Attila the Hun), Jake Cherry (Nicky), Rami Malek (Ahkmenrah), Mizuo Peck (Sacajawea). Directed by Shawn Levy and produced by Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, and Levy. Screenplay by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon, based on their characters.
I’m starting to believe that Amy Adams can be lovable in just about anything. How else to explain the utter charm and sunshine she exudes here as Amelia Earhart in a production that is otherwise pretty much D.O.A.? For reasons passing understanding, she agreed to play Amelia in the wrong production. Rather than play her in a serious biopic, she instead takes on the role of the world’s first female pilot in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, a sequel to the 2006 family film hit, where she is ostensibly the sidekick to the “hero.” Continue reading