Review of The Iron Lady (2011) by Ulla M — 26 May 2012

Meryl Streep is not a legend....she's THE legend. Brilliant acting.

This review of The Iron Lady (2011) was written by Ulla M on 26 May 2012.

The Iron Lady has generally received mixed reviews.

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This film was written by, directed by, and stars women. But it's the most anti-female film I've seen in quite some time…

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By Ashley M (744) on 06 Oct 2018

As far as sympathetic look-backs go, there's way more of that in Buckley's Firing Line interviews than there is in this movie, and you'd even…

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By Scott H (888) on 23 May 2015

Interesting, albeit quite light on details, seemingly for the sake of attempting at promoting a rah-rah conservatism picture of politics (stressed…

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By Qed (1) on 12 Apr 2019

2019 just watched. Total waste of time and stopped watching midway. 9 stars for the cinematography, but 3 stars for everything else…

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By Francisco S (456) on 26 Sep 2015

Extremely well acted, with perfect Meryl Streep performances, with a clever script and with a very pertinent and interesting theme, The Iron…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 29 Aug 2017

As for Streep, she's taken this material and run with it like Tim Tebow with a Hail Mary pass…

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By Timothy N (418) on 08 Feb 2015

Meryl Streep delivers a perfectly well deserved Oscar win for this, but it doesn't help the fact that this is one incredibly boring movie…

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By Carlos M (2,069) on 11 Oct 2015

Apart from Streep's performance, nothing else works in this terrible, disjointed mess of a biopic that is so badly written and directed, full…

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By Jamal M (11) on 28 Feb 2015

Saw it. historical. a little dry but that is typical of British movies…

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By Ty P (436) on 13 Jun 2015

Meryl Streep is fabulous, as usual, and a very interesting direction of the story of Margaret Thatcher…

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