Known As:
A Dama de Ferro

StoryLine:
Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.

Cast & Director:
Jim Broadbent, Meryl Streep, Richard E. Grant, Phyllida Lloyd

Keywords: Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher | Military Invasion | Title Directed By Female | Politician |

Genres: Biography, Drama

Taglines: Never Compromise.

Meryl Streep gives a spectacular performance in a flawed, but great biopic

Before viewing, "The Iron Lady", I didn't really know much aboutMargaret Thatcher. Other than she was the prime minister of England for11 years, she was a very controversial figure and still is to this day.So I was really interested to see the film and I decided to visit theWGA screening.Now let me begin by saying, Meryl Streep embodies Margaret Thatcher.She doesn't just look like her, but she talks like her, her facialexpressions are spot on. Meryl Streep becomes Margaret Thatcher. Iwould be shocked if she doesn't win an Oscar for this performance. Thesupporting cast is good too, Jim Broadbent gives an excellentperformance, everyone is just great.However aside from the top notch acting, the movie had a few flaws. Thestory was uninteresting at times, the flashback scenes were a bitmuddled and a little confusing. The movie felt a little too safe, ittried too hard, not to be controversial. Although I don't entirelyblame the film itself for that. Margaret Thatcher was such a decisiveperson, that whichever side the film picked, it would be criticized bya lot of people. I guess the film ultimately achieved the goal.I also liked the movie didn't dwell too much on the politics, but onthe character of Margaret Thatcher. We see the human side of The IronLady herself, beyond all the partisan politics and rumors, we get tosee a very personal and sad side of her. The subplot focusing onThacther's grief over her husband's death, as the older version battleswith hallucinations and an unwillingness to let go of her dear Denisare heartbreaking.Overall the movie was really well done, but just shy of greatness.Meryl Streep's performance and the supporting cast, truly elevates thefilm into a great biopic. Although I wished a little more time wasspent on focusing on her political life, the movie successfully showeda deep and moving side of the prime minister. Which a lot of biopicsfail to do. Whatever your opinions might be on Margaret Thatcher, don'tfault the movie because of the opinion. And I highly respect PhyllidaLLoyd, Meryl Streep, Abi Morgan and others for trying to portray such adecisive and highly controversial figure.