The Iron Lady Reviews

The narrative is not well structured, and Streep's performance suffers as a result.... The scenes with Broadbent are the best. They just aren't worth sitting through a history lesson that isn't taught well.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Plucking the audience's heartstrings feels like the worst possible way to make a film about someone called The Iron Lady.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Meryl Streep mesmerises in her portrayal of Britain's groundbreaking but controversial leader.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

As it stands, The Iron Lady isn't doing any favours for history, feminism or at the very least fans of biopics, but it is a clear victory for Streep. It's just too bad that the film doesn't do her spot-on performance any justice.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

There's a great story to be told about the life of Margaret Thatcher. Unfortunately, this is not it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

As it stands, The Iron Lady isn't doing any favours for history, feminism or at the very least fans of biopics, but it is a clear victory for Streep.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

Streep brilliantly conveying the movie's ultimate message: After all you accomplish in this life, it's the little things that may just be our intended destinies.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

With everything, including the most pivotal moments, rendered in shorthand, The Iron Lady diminishes the accomplishments of the person whose story it tells and the actress working so hard to offer a well-rounded embodiment of her.

Full Review | Original Score: D+

The filmmakers haven't come to any conclusion about Thatcher or, indeed, why they made a movie about her.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Not as satisfying as 'Kings Speech' or 'The Queen' but Streep's predictably flawless performance of Margaret Thatcher induces awe and rousing audience response.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Streep's performance of a dismissive line such as "People don't think anymore, they feel," will have even the most dyed-in-the-wool liberal questioning core beliefs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Loved and loathed in equal measure, Margaret Thatcher is a difficult subject for any film, how do you make 'the Iron Lady' a sympathetic character? Why would disconcerting audiences flock to see this film?

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

Meryl Streep singlehandedly carries The Iron Lady with a performance-quite literally-for the ages.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Mesmo beneficiada por uma performance impecável de Meryl Streep, acaba soando mais como um cruzamento entre Uma Mente Brilhante e A Vida é Dura - A História de Dewey Cox.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Although this film contains a great performance by Streep (one of the greatest actors of her generation) and strong supporting performances, the muddled multi-flashback story spends far too much time on Thatcher's late life mental problems.

Full Review | Original Score: C

As a biopic, The Iron Lady does the bare minimum of what it needed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Despite Streep's great performance, the film wavers between a touching story about a sympathetic old woman and a cautionary tale of hubris gone wild.

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One-of-a-kind, chimpanzees-pounding-on-typewriters awfulness.

Full Review | Original Score: D

A great performance can elevate a mediocre film, as is the case here - this is worth watching for Streep alone.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5