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The Iron Lady (2011) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 47,699 users
Metascore: 54/100
Reviews: 314 user | 311 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene. Director:Phyllida LloydWriter:Abi Morgan (screenplay) |
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Elderly and a virtual prisoner in her own home due to her concerned staff and daughter Carol, Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister, looks back on her life as she clears out her late husband Denis's clothes for the Oxfam shop. Denis is seen as being her rock as she first enters parliament and then runs for the leadership of the Conservative Party, culminating in her eventual premiereship. Now his ghost joins her to comment on her successes and failures, sometimes to her annoyance, generally to her comfort until ultimately, as the clothes are sent to the charity shop, Denis departs from Margret's life forever. Written by don @ minifie-1
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margaret thatcher | prime minister | conservative party | politics | parliament |Taglines:
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Rated PG-13 for some violent images and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 January 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La dama de hierro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$220,409 (USA) (30 December 2011)Gross:
$29,959,436 (USA) (20 April 2012)Company Credits
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(From "Norma")
(Vincenzo Bellini)
Performed by Maria Callas with Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (as La Scala Milan Orchestra and Chorus)
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd
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Trivia
Meryl Streep's Oscar triumph here was her third such actual win after a hiatus of 29 years since her victory for Sophie's Choice. See more »Goofs
Airey Neave's Vauxhall Cavalier was blue, not red. See more »Quotes
Margaret Thatcher: It's time to get up! It's time go to work! It's time to put the great, back into Great Britain!See more »
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"Casta Diva"(From "Norma")
(Vincenzo Bellini)
Performed by Maria Callas with Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (as La Scala Milan Orchestra and Chorus)
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd
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Biopics are always a problem. That's why the long form, HBO style is infinitely more suitable and altogether more satisfying. Okay, now, once that aside, let me talk about Meryl Streep. A miracle! She does the impossible, not only manages to inhabit Thatcher, she also reveals her under a slightly different light. The human light. No matter how much at odds I've been with her politics, I saw that human side through Meryl Streep's eyes and realized that I had forgotten to remember, Thatcher was a human being, a woman breaking ground. She loved her husband but put her career first, as most men in her position do. Her drive is a mystery as much a mystery as Meryl Streep's art. After seeing the film, me, a life long anti-Thatcher, I have to say that it's a fair portrait of the woman. The ones who never heard of Margaret Thatcher, and there are, two of them were sitting next to me in theater, I think they thought "The Iron Lady" was the female version of "Iron Man" but even them surrendered to the character trough the glories of this other giant of our generation, Meryl Streep.