The Iron Lady Movie Reviews

The best thing about The Iron Lady may be that viewers going into the theatre with strong views, pro or con, about its subject, the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, are likely to emerge in a state of greater ambivalence, even confusion. Those who know or care little about her will also be confused, but for different reasons. Let’s stick with the first group for the moment. Nearly anyone who was alive and reading newspapers

It was in a Linda Goodman book that I first read the phrase 'iron fist in a velvet glove.' It was applied to describe the Libra woman. Margaret Thatcher, the first and thus far only lady Prime Minister of United Kingdom, earned the popular title of 'Iron lady' because of her hard-boiled political ideals based on which she ran the nation for 11 long years. It just so happens, Thatcher, born on October 13, is a Libran too. Zodiac signs, of course, have very little to do

The Iron Lady is lucky to have the legendarily talented Meryl Streep to hold things together, because it is so wildly uneven that it constantly threatens to collapse. Writer Abi Morgan and director Phyllida Lloyd's film about Margaret Thatcher is a drama that merely sticks to the surface, and going against the title, spends a lot of time portraying the protagonist as a vulnerable mess. Clocking in at a less than brisk 100 minutes, this biography

The Iron Lady review Biz rating: 1.5/5 stars. What's Good: Meryl Streep’s wonderful performance as Margaret That...