Review of Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) by Bruce B — 15 Nov 2013
I loathed Margaret Thatcher. I loved this film. It's perhaps the best political movie I've ever seen, certainly far far ahead of even the best American political films. It's an interesting approach to document Thatcher's early years rather than her later fame as prime minister.
Yet the future leader is strongly evident in Andrea Riseborough's brilliant interpretation of Thatcher as an iron willed flirt. No small feat to transpose the well known Thatcher haughty expression, purposeful gait and swinging handbag to the younger and sexier woman of an earlier era.
Rory Kinnear has captured Dennis Thatcher's bumbling anonymity perfectly. And Geoffrey Palmer... The wonderful and versatile Geoffrey Palmer... His curmudgeonly establishment Tory character is priceless.
5 Stars 11-07-13.
This review of Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) was written by Bruce B on 15 Nov 2013.
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley has generally received positive reviews.
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