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The Iron Lady
In her twilight years, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reflects on her life and career as she finally prepares to dispose of the belongings of her late husband, Denis while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
2 June 1960, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
1958, Jersey, Channel Islands
20 June 1948, Ruislip, England, UK
17 November 1983, London, England, UK
1987, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Wales, UK
1943, England, UK
30 January 1974, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
19 May 1950, Sidcup, Kent, England, UK
4 February 1956, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
1963, Essex, England, UK
19 June 1957, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
22 March 1941, Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
1953
1959, London, England, UK
September 25, 2013
It's a pity Streep can't be picked up as Thatcher like a chess piece and placed down in a different, better film.
April 21, 2013
The narrative is not well structured, and Streep's performance suffers as a result.... The scenes with Broadbent are the best. They just aren't worth sitting through a history lesson that isn't taught well.
June 14, 2013
...ignores the political and historical context of almost EVERYTHING that happens so that they can make the fabulously reductive statement that LIFE WAS TOUGH FOR GIRLS, BUT SHE WAS A TOUGH GIRL.
May 09, 2016
While it's the filmmaker's right to sympathise with this furiously divisive and much reviled figure in British politics, the uncritical approach severely undermines the film's conviction.
June 30, 2013
A solid tribute to the conservative icon despite its meandering focus on her failing health.
January 13, 2012
Often "The Iron Lady" relies on montages to get to - and plow through - historic high points.
November 05, 2013
So, as thrilling as it is to watch Streep imitate Thatcher, The Iron Lady feels like a missed opportunity, not to blame and cast aspersions, but to weigh and assess.
January 13, 2012
What keeps The Iron Lady afloat is the mesmerizing work of its star. As we already know, Streep goes beyond mimicry to fully inhabit her characters, from The French Lieutenant's Woman to Julia Child.
January 13, 2012
[Streep's] performance overpowers the movie it's in - a perfectly executed triple axel that renders everything else just featureless ice.
January 12, 2012
Streep's performance is so true and so uncannily accurate, so full and so complete in its understanding, that she is fascinating every second she is onscreen.
January 13, 2012
The Iron Lady is a performance in search of a film.
January 13, 2012
Yes, Streep is wondrous as usual, but her superpowers have been squandered here.
