“Amelia” never quite takes off

Mira Nair’s biopic of groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart has many components working in its favor. It’s got Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in the title role, supporting performances from Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor, cinematography that ranges from elegant to breathtaking, and a really thorough sense of time and place. And yet it never quite pulls itself together. The film is competent and solid but there’s little consequence. It suffers from the same problem Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” di