The Iron Lady (2011)

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Directed by

Phyllida Lloyd

Starring (View all)

Meryl Streep
Margaret Thatcher

Jim Broadbent
Denis Thatcher

Susan Brown
June - Housekeeper

Alice da Cunha
Cleaner

Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Susie - Margaret's Secretary

Iain Glen
Alfred Roberts

Alexandra Roach
Young Margaret Thatcher

Victoria Bewick
Muriel Roberts

Written by

Abi Morgan
(screenplay)

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Streep was as solid as iron but the film was not.

12 years, 5 months ago at Feb 6 0:08

SJMJ91

4 votes

The most important thing to understand about The Iron Lady before watching it is that it’s not aiming to only appeal to those part of the Conservative Party that Margaret Thatcher led for so many years, and nor does one have to like her to get full enjoyment out of this film. Meryl Streep chosen for the role of Thatcher is literally like fate meets the eye as one of the most powerful film actres... read more

The Iron Lady

12 years, 4 months ago at Mar 16 7:36

JxSxPx

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I maintain that Meryl Streep should not have been given an Academy Award nomination for The Iron Lady. How dare I! And I would tend to agree. Streep never turns in a half-assed or bad performance, and her technique is beyond words. And, yes, she is a paragon, a veritable living monument to what great acting can be, should be, and is. But the film fails to completely use her as a resource. Granted,... read more

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11 years, 11 months ago at Aug 11 19:49

Sarah_88

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Whilst I was engaged by Streep and Broadbent's performance, the film is horribly flawed. A lack of focus on a particular aspect of Thatcher's life makes for a disjointed mess of a film. Many key characters of Thatacher's administration are underused, such as Anthony Head. We seem to see an image of Thatacher that just didn't quite happen in that way. I might be in the minority here, but I would pr... read more

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An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.

Release date: 26 December 2011

Tags: Drama (15), Biography (15), 2011 (11), Political (7), Biopic (7), Margaret Thatcher (7), 2010s (6), Prime Minister (5), History (4), British (4), War (3), Meryl Streep (3), Politics (2), 1980s (2), 1970s (2), Argentina (2), Falklands (2), Parliament (2), Falklands War (2), British Prime Minister (2)

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