The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady isn’t a sequel to Iron Man. I think I would’ve liked it better if it did feature Margaret Thatcher in an iron suit taking on the Argentinians in the Falkland War. That sounds more entertaining than what this movie ended up being.
Meryl Streep channels Maggie Thatcher. Except at times I was waiting for her to break character and channel Julia Child. It could’ve been a very good movie if I couldn’t tell which character she was playing. The young actress, Alexandra Roach, had the thankless task of playing the young Maggie Thatcher. People will talk about Streep. They should talk a little more about Roach. She won’t get any mention, but Streep will get a nomination. No idea why.
The problem with this film is that it didn’t give an idea of why Thatcher became who she was. Her dad was conservative. Did she get it from her dad? Why? Which part? No idea why she decided things. She just became Maggie Thatcher. The film also doesn’t touch on why she was the leader for that time. What did she do to make England better? The Falkland War? No idea. The film misses out on why she lost the backing of her party. Was she driven? Did she drive too hard? No idea.
At some point, we should understand who Margaret Thatcher was. It was Meryl Streep and that is all I got from the movie.
2 of 5 stars.
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Good review. The previews looked so boring. The real history was probably way more exciting than the movie for once.
Not sure why she got nominated for this film. Lots of Anglo-philia going on in America pop culture and media today I guess. No offense but we're not a colony.
Anyway still rooting for Viola Davis at the Oscars. When is the poll?