The Iron Lady(2011)- User Reviews

May be the director or scrip writer is a good friend of Ms Streep. The movie is centered around portraying Ms. Streep, to get her ready for the Oscar acceptance speech. The performance of course is first-rate, knowing her capability. But, I thought …more»

The most interesting thing to me as that I thought the movie was fascinating, wonderful and potrayed Maggie in a very positive light. My wife thought it was boring and made Maggie look awful. The thing I liked is that it was true to it's marketing. …more»

I DID NOT LIKE THE VIEWPOINT THAT WAS USED TO TELL THE STORY. IT IS TOLD VIA FLASHBACKS, BY HER, WHEN HER MEMORY IS FAILING, AND SHE IS HAVING HALLUCINATIONS ABOUT HER HUSBAND BEING THERE WITH HER, RELIVING PARTS OF THEIR LIFE.

THE STORY WAS DISJOINTED, …more»

As always, Meryl Streep transforms herself into the character she is portraying, in this case Margaret Thatcher, but here she is let down by a muddled mess of a script and weak direction. Meryl tries her damndest to sell the audience on the trials and …more»

A British politician play remarkably well by an American actress made for American (not British) audiences. Yes it took place mostly in Grreat Britian and there were planty of British. But it felt lacking was the persona of the British people. Why not …more»

The acting and make-up in this film make it extraordinarily true to life. I felt like I was watching Margaret Thatcher rather than Meryl Streep. Would have like a bit more insight into the character's personal life; it seemed a stereotypical, surface …more»

New Movie "The Iron Lady" - what a disappointment

Margaret Thatcher was one awesome woman with many remarkable moments in world history - this movie shows her immersed in a degenerative dementia with a few flash backs to her remarkable successes …more»

Meryl Streep is an amazing actor. this why she is always nominated and wins alot of awards during the award season.

this is a oscar-worthy film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

i want to see again.

it was heart warming .

the film shows how strong Margaret …more»

I grew up in Thatcher's England and lived through the winter of discontent, the race riots, the Falklands War and the miner's strike. My family also benefited from the late 80s economic boom. I was expecting a trip down Memory Lane and the movie …more»

The acting by Meryl Streep is Oscar-winning worthy!

The rest of the movie was confusing at times even though it was trying to portray Thatcher's growing dementia it ended up being poorly directed in my opinion. There is a lot of flashbacks mixed …more»