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The Iron Lady [Blu-ray]

Meryl Streep , Jim Broadbent , Phyllida Lloyd    PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)   Blu-ray
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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Phyllida Lloyd, who directed Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!, takes a less exuberant tack in this unexpectedly poignant biopic. In the script, written by Shame's Abi Morgan, Lloyd depicts the elderly Dame Thatcher (Streep in a thoroughly convincing performance) as a frail figure replaying key moments in her life while her mind still continues to function. Her trajectory begins with grocer Alfred Roberts (Downton Abbey's Iain Glen), who became the mayor of Grantham, instilling in his daughter, Margaret (Alexandra Roach), a passion for politics. After graduating from Oxford, she felt ready to enter the fray, at which point she met Denis Thatcher (Harry Lloyd), who cheered her along on the road from Parliament to 10 Downing Street, where they lived during her time as Britain's first female prime minister (Jim Broadbent portrays the grey-haired and ghostly Denis). While closing mines, dodging IRA hits, and overseeing a war, the blue-clad titan built alliances with Airey Neave (Nicholas Farrell) and Geoffrey Howe (Anthony Head), but she would lose them both. If her will was strong, she had no time for feminine niceties like conciliation and forgiveness. The film goes on to suggest that she never cultivated the kinds of female friendships that might have sustained her in retirement, though her daughter (Tyrannosaur's Olivia Colman) did what she could. Instead, Denis remained her closest confidante until his departure, after which she had nothing but fading memories. The upshot is an uneasy combination of admiration for her leadership qualities and disappointment in her interpersonal skills. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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THE IRON LADY is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Two-time Oscar® winner Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars The movie that nearly started a war Mar 13 2012
By L. Power HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
When I think about this movie I am filled with a sense of inner conflict.

On the one hand I am highly impressed with Meryl Streep's performance, for which she has at long last and deservedly won her third Academy Award after a 30 year gap, and after being nominated for the Academy Award a record seventeen times.

Once every two years she is nominated for an Academy Award. Only Katharine Hepburn has more with four.

Other directors have made movies about our leading political figures. Often these movies are not flattering portraits. Oliver Stone made a satirical comedy about G W Bush, which I found highly entertaining, somewhat of a caricature. Michael Moore made a far more scathing movie Fahrenheit 911. Then we have Primary Colors where where John Travolta played a played a Presidential candidate much like president Clinton. Stone also directed Nixon, a somewhat sympathetic picture of a character many regarded as villainous. Even though these portraits were not flattering you could detect some love or least amusement for the subject.

Now with Iron Lady, we have a movie which defines its subject through the lens of disease, presumably Alzheimer's, although it never states the exact disease. The movie starts out promisingly enough with Thatcher, the grocers daughter, buying a bottle of milk, unrecognised and confused at a local grocery store.

Streep conveys every nuance of Thatcher extremely well. The actor truly becomes the character, capturing, the tone, the accent, the gestures, the body language impeccably.

What happens though, as you continue to watch, too much of the story is frittered away on depicting Thatcher as she is now, her disease, imaginary conversations with her long dead husband, living in the past, with occasional flashbacks, to the significant events of her political life, the romance with Denis, her rise to power, the various crises while she was in office, terrorist attacks, the Falklands War, the H Block protest, which escalated the tensions in Northern Irealnd, and so forth, and ultimately her fall from grace.

I found this focus on defining the character by her disease extremely annoying and tiresome, and a huge mistake by the screenwriters to spend almost 50% of the time focusing on the disease while while forwarding through the significant events. The Faklands war is compressed to about five minutes. The H Block protests last about thirty seconds.

I lived in the UK for the latter part of her leadership. Her insistence on an unpopular tax was the beginning of her downfall, and the cause of her being deposed as leader through the usual shenanigans. Here again we have very short treatment of what could have been great drama in favor of promoting the disease.

When this movie was released several months ago in Argentina, it reportedly escalated tensions in Argentina. A journalist in the Falklands made an unflattering comment about the current female president. There were threats of invasion, and death threats against the journalist. It appears that she knows how to work the situation. Thankfully, this movie did not start a war.

Iron Lady could have been a much better movie with a shift in focus away from the disease.

Recently, I listened to an interview Streep did on the (NPR Fresh Air program), shortly before the Oscars. It was fascinating to learn how she puts together a character, and how she captured all those aspects of Thatcher's voice and rhetoric, the vocal coaching Thatcher underwent to moderate the strident early vocal style. How Thatcher had enormous lung power. People would wait for a break in breath to interrupt, but she would just keep going, much to their frustration. It discussed Streep's entire career. It was extremely well researched. Catch it if you can.

I think most people will appreciate Streep's performance, but probably will not like the movie overall. I will not watch this movie again. I hope that future screenwriters and directors will have more sympathy and sensitivity for their subject than this.

If not for Streeps performance this would be a one star review. Her longtime hairstylist also won an Oscar for this movie.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Streep is great April 11 2012
By Kona TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Meryl Streep stars in this bio pic of Margaret Thatcher as the elderly lady, suffering from dementia, remembers key moments of her past. We see young Margaret, a grocer's daughter, in her first political campaign, when she meets her beloved husband (later played by Jim Broadbent), and her eleven years as Prime Minister with its struggles and triumphs; but mostly, we see her deteriorating health and increasing frailty.

I was absolutely stunned by Streep's impersonation of Thatcher; aided by incredibly believable make-up, she looks and sounds just like her and gives a thrilling performance. It is an example of the finest acting and I'm glad she was rewarded with an Oscar, but I wish the role had been played by a British actress instead. Jim Broadbent, as Denis Thatcher, plays his usual, jovial character and, while very likable, reminded me of silly Horace Slughorn from `Harry Potter.'

The script was underwhelming in scenes depicting Thatcher's public life, but it was excellent in the very moving scenes of her current life as a delicate, rather pathetic, old lady. All in all, I enjoyed it but think it could have been better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie and great acting April 30 2013
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I ordered several movies from Amazon.ca, and couldn't believe how fast they arrived at my door. The price was right. I watched "The Iron Lady" last night and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I am so happy that I bought it so I can enjoy it again whenever I please. Always seem to enjoy a movie the 2nd or 3rd time watching it to get all the details, etc. Meryl Streep was superb in her role as Margaret Thatcher and I am so glad she won the Academy Award for her terrific performance. Will be sure to order more movies from Amazon.ca, as the service was first-class.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable story
Excellent acting. Look forward to watching this story again. Recommend to to friends and relatives. Iron Lady will go down in history.
Published 1 month ago by Florence Kettle
4.0 out of 5 stars Iron Lady
Meryl Streep is amazing in this movie. I just wish the writers/producers would have balanced the movie with more of the accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher vs her declining years.
Published 1 month ago by Victoria
4.0 out of 5 stars The Iron Lady
Very well done, although I thought there was too much emphasis on Margarete's declining mental capabilities and not enough on her political accomplishments.
Published 3 months ago by Ken in Sask
3.0 out of 5 stars Iron Lady - underwhelmed
The flipping back and forth among 3 time-periods was annoying - two would have been OK. They sure made Thatcher out to be a closed minded "iron" person. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Layla
4.0 out of 5 stars For Meryl Streep
She deserved her Oscar, but the film itself was not what I expected. But I will keep it anyway in my collection.
Published 4 months ago by Poux
3.0 out of 5 stars It was good, but not "great"
"The Iron Lady" spent too much time focusing on Thatcher's post Prime Minister life and her later years rather than her years in office which should have been the real focus. Read more
Published 9 months ago by koolz03
4.0 out of 5 stars Meryl rules!
What I liked about this movie was that it showed both the good and bad sides of Thatcher. I'm not a fan of hers but it did show her as a complicated individual who broke through... Read more
Published 9 months ago by L. McKellar
4.0 out of 5 stars An Effective Review of a Remarkable But Stormy Public Life
As someone who has considerable respect for the historical and political achievements of Dame Thatcher, I found this movie to be a fitting tribute to her life. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ian Gordon Malcomson
2.0 out of 5 stars not what I expected
Too much focus on Thatcher as an old, ill lady and almost nothing of her motivations as a leader. I wanted to learn more about this controversial figure and came away none the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Poetkitty
3.0 out of 5 stars Streep magnificent! The movie? Not so much.
I thought Meryl Streep's performance was stunning. Other people have described how she became the person she played. Some of the most touching moments occurred when Ms. Read more
Published 12 months ago by lilian
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