Hilary Swank’s latest film, Amelia , is currently taking quite a critical drubbing , bad news for the film, and, as Ann Hornaday explores in today’s Washington Post , for the increasingly small pool of strong female roles for women in Hollywood . Hornaday argues that Amelia’s box office results will essentially be a failure either way : “If ‘Amelia’ earns respectable receipts,” Hornaday writes, “chances are it will be dismissed as a lucky break. If it fails, it will be cited as yet more proof that strong female protagonists are box office poison.” While fluffy romantic comedies and films based on television shows are still successful, due to excellent…
