The Iron Lady Reviews
NECN
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.
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| Original Score: A-
eFilmCritic.com
The filmmakers haven't come to any conclusion about Thatcher or, indeed, why they made a movie about her.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Not as satisfying as 'Kings Speech' or 'The Queen' but Streep's predictably flawless performance of Margaret Thatcher induces awe and rousing audience response.
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| Original Score: B
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
JWR
Meryl Streep singlehandedly carries The Iron Lady with a performance-quite literally-for the ages.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
The Standard
A great performance can elevate a mediocre film, as is the case here - this is worth watching for Streep alone.
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| Original Score: 3/5
jackiekcooper.com
Meryl Streep's acting is fantastic; the movie not so much.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
This isn't a great movie, but Streep is great in it.
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| Original Score: 3/4
TheMovieReport.com
Whatever flaws the film as a whole may have, the phenomenal accomplishment of Streep's work in it cannot be overstated.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Akron Beacon Journal
Great Streep, iffy movie.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A two-and-a-half-star movie raised to four-star status solely on the performances of Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Q Network Film Desk
Streep wears Thatcher's body in her prime with authority and in her twilight with an all-too human sense of frailty, reminding us that, however iron-willed she was as a conservative politician, she is still decidedly human
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| Original Score: 3/4
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
Although this is an interesting movie, the character outshines the screenplay. That's not surprising considering that Meryl Streep is earning acclaim for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 'Iron Lady.'
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| Original Score: 3/4
MediaMikes
Skillfully portrayed by Meryl Streep, on her way to Academy Award nomination number 17...
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| Original Score: 3/5
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
(Meryl) Streep's performance elevates the movie, making it seem more important and profound than it is.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Cinema Signals
The only element to compel your attendance of this tangle is Streep. What she can do with an anemically written role is glorious. Long may she thrive.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Video-Reviewmaster.com
The screenplay itself is problematic, but Streep dazzles.
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| Original Score: B-
Film-Forward.com
Anyone coming in with a grudge will be defeated. Harboring rancor towards a frail woman, confused and staring into space, is like beating up on a grandmother.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
