The Iron Lady opens Friday in the US, “a Shakespearean story about power and loss”

Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:48 UTC

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Making a film about an iconic politician like Britain's Margaret Thatcher is akin to walking into a movie minefield, and casting an American -- even one as revered as Meryl Streep -- is asking for more trouble. Read full article

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briton
Should be a very nice film
Dec 29th, 2011 - 11:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hands Off
Thatcher lives in the middle of London near Buckingham Palace in a very nice townhouse which is guarded 24 x 7 by a bobby. How is this 'falling back to normal'?
Dec 30th, 2011 - 12:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
l'll see the film before l comment.
Dec 30th, 2011 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hands Off
OK thanks for your pre-comment comment :).
Dec 30th, 2011 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
It doesn't look like critics have enjoyed the movie very much.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_iron_lady/

Though I don't know how the movie has treated Thatcher's policies, specially in regards to socioeconomic matters, I have noticed that her image has been employed - at least outside of the UK, and specially by US right-wingers such as Michele Bachmann - to make propaganda for the decadent financial capitalism that has come under attack by social movements since the Great Recession. I hope the movie takes at least a neutral stance on this matter.
Dec 30th, 2011 - 06:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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zethe
“It doesn't look like critics have enjoyed the movie very much.”

There are more critics that voted it good that bad. and the users vote it a 80+%

I've not seen it. But they've stated that this film was not about her policy's at all, rather about the woman she was.
Dec 30th, 2011 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
Movies with
Dec 31st, 2011 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit86
My post was eaten away because I used forbidden characters. Again:

Movies with less than 60% approval rating are considered 'rotten', in the website's terminology. And viewership ratings are not an indicator of quality. Be that as it may, Streep's performance seems to have been widely applauded, and the main criticism against the movie is that it took a too neutral and dispassionate view of her policies. That's not a negative factor to me.
Dec 31st, 2011 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Valle Ricardo
I'd be interested to see it.
Jan 02nd, 2012 - 12:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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