Based on the real-life story of Karen Silkwood, this blistering exposé of big business from director Mike Nichols features a brilliant performance by Meryl Streep.
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07/30/03
Silkwood (1983)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:16
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7/10
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Reviews for Silkwood
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10/18/02
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09/26/03
Gripping.
02/15/08
Nichols does a superb job of establishing the mood and atmosphere of this small town...
10/12/03
One of Nichols' best films, Silkwood is effective as factual reportage and portrait of working class life (rare sight in Hollywood cinema), with terrific performances by Meryl Streep, as a new type of American heroine, and Cher, as her lesbian roommate
12/13/07
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01/07/08
Searing - if manipulative - potboiler that catches Meryl Streep and Cher in peak form.
08/04/02
Wonderful performances steal the show in this film based on the real life of Karen Silkwood.
03/10/03
Silkwood achieves impressive credentials as a drama of human character, not just as a screed against intolerable public practice.
08/09/06
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09/27/04
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01/23/03
Extremely well-acted, powerful story.
06/12/04
Silkwood is the story of an ordinary woman, hard-working and passionate, funny and screwed-up, who made those people mad simply because she told the truth as she saw it and did what she thought was right.
10/23/04
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07/26/02
A tragic story, to be sure, but one that deserves better than the shabby treatment afforded it here. Streep is particularly grating.
05/24/03
Silkwood's 'ordinariness' protects her from being labelled a wild-eyed Trot, but that should not be allowed to obscure her courage or the whitewash ladled onto her story after her death.
02/09/06
Whilst interesting, Nichols' film follows too many paths to ever be truly satisfying.
01/01/00
Hiding once again behind her accent, hairdo, and mannerisms, [Streep] fails to establish any emotional contact with the audience, a serious problem in a film that depends on audience sympathy for its impact.
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