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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 C+ |
Seemingly better suited for a documentary. Full Review |
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 4/5 |
Gripping.
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4/5 |
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A- |
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 Full Review |
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A- |
Silkwood achieves impressive credentials as a drama of human character, not just as a screed against intolerable public practice. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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4/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Extremely well-acted, powerful story.
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5/5 |
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3/4 |
Nichols does a superb job of establishing the mood and atmosphere of this small town... Full Review |
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5/5 |
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4/4 |
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. Full Review |
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A tragic story, to be sure, but one that deserves better than the shabby treatment afforded it here. Streep is particularly grating. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
For most of its running time it is so convincing -- and so sure of itself -- that it seems a particular waste when it goes dangerously wrong. Full Review |
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Wonderful performances steal the show in this film based on the real life of Karen Silkwood. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Searing - if manipulative - potboiler that catches Meryl Streep and Cher in peak form.
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