Review of The Iron Lady (2011) by Boabdreeps — 04 Feb 2012

A major disappointment. I'm not a fan of her (I'll be at that party in Scotland when she checks out) but I was looking forward to a comprehensive biopic of one of the most interesting and controversial leaders of the 20th century.

Instead I sat through a film that mostly dealt with the effects of dementia. The small snippets of historical events are skipped over like trivia and we keep being returned to scenes of Mrs T having imaginary conversations with her dead husband.

With all the biographies that came out after her career ended, I would have thought there would be a mountain of material available to create a monumental epic.

Streep's performance and the subject matter deserved a better film. This could have been a classic.