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The Iron Lady

2011

Phyllida Lloyd

Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant ...

5.8

14,016

Drama The story of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The film opens with Thatcher, a widow in her 80s and goes back through her youth as the daughter of a grocer; her early interest in politics; her years at Oxford through to her 1959 entry into Parliament, the Falklands War in 1982 and the 2005 London terrorist attacks.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"You are left with the impression of an old woman who can't quite remember who she used to be and of a movie that is not so sure either"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Is there anything that Meryl Streep can't do as an actress? One can only marvel at her virtuoso performance as Britain's Margaret Thatcher in 'The Iron Lady' (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"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"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"You have to be very talented to work with Meryl Streep. It also helps to know how to use her. "The Iron Lady" fails in both of these categories (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"The film stars an unsurpassable Meryl Streep, whose ability to empathize with her characters has never been more gloriously impassioned than it is in this titanic performance (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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