The Iron Lady
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
What critics thought
The film split critics almost evenly: near-universal admiration for Meryl Streep's transformation into Thatcher sat alongside widespread frustration with a script critics found evasive and dramatically inert. The central complaint was that the filmmakers avoided taking any real position on one of the most polarizing political figures of the 20th century, leaving Streep's virtuosity in service of a film that doesn't know what it wants to say.
“Few people were neutral in their feelings about her, except the makers of this picture.”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“Awards should be coming Streep's way; yet her brilliance rather overshadows the film itself.”
David Gritten·The Daily Telegraph
“Streep has found the woman within the caricature.”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“it is impossible not to be disturbed by [Streep's] depiction of Lady Thatcher's decline into dementia”
The Daily Telegraph
Accolades
Genres
History, Drama
Cast & Crew
Phyllida LloydDirector
Meryl StreepMargaret Thatcher
Jim BroadbentDenis Thatcher
Olivia ColmanCarol Thatcher
Roger AllamGordon Reece
Susan BrownJune
Nick DunningJim Prior
Nicholas FarrellAirey Neave
Iain GlenAlfred Roberts
Richard E. GrantMichael Heseltine
Anthony Stewart HeadGeoffrey Howe
Harry LloydYoung Denis Thatcher
Michael MaloneyDoctor
Thomas NewmanComposer
Abi MorganWriter
Elliot DavisCinematographyThe Iron Lady
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
What critics thought
The film split critics almost evenly: near-universal admiration for Meryl Streep's transformation into Thatcher sat alongside widespread frustration with a script critics found evasive and dramatically inert. The central complaint was that the filmmakers avoided taking any real position on one of the most polarizing political figures of the 20th century, leaving Streep's virtuosity in service of a film that doesn't know what it wants to say.
“Few people were neutral in their feelings about her, except the makers of this picture.”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“Awards should be coming Streep's way; yet her brilliance rather overshadows the film itself.”
David Gritten·The Daily Telegraph
“Streep has found the woman within the caricature.”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“it is impossible not to be disturbed by [Streep's] depiction of Lady Thatcher's decline into dementia”
The Daily Telegraph
Accolades
Genres
History, Drama
Cast & Crew
Phyllida LloydDirectorMeryl StreepMargaret ThatcherJim BroadbentDenis ThatcherOlivia ColmanCarol ThatcherRoger AllamGordon ReeceSusan BrownJuneNick DunningJim PriorNicholas FarrellAirey NeaveIain GlenAlfred RobertsRichard E. GrantMichael HeseltineAnthony Stewart HeadGeoffrey HoweHarry LloydYoung Denis ThatcherMichael MaloneyDoctorThomas NewmanComposerAbi MorganWriterElliot DavisCinematography