Title: Agree with the bulk of reviewers: Streep = A, Movie = C-
Product review: This movie uses the fairly common framing device of telling the story via flashbacks from the viewpoint of the aged subject of the film. In this case, I agree with many reviews that far too much of the movie focuses on the elderly, dementia afflicted Thatcher and not nearly enough on her achievements in rising to be the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain. Whether this was politically motivated or simply an artistic choice to focus on the more intimate, poignant end of life for a power figure, I don't know, but the movie suffered for it. It's unavoidable to compare and contrast this with other recent bio-pics of 20th century British figures such as The King's Speech and The Queen, which both come off FAR more cohesively than this fragmented film does.Streep gives her usual fantastic performance of course, but I wish I'd read reviews before watching this to at least be prepared for a huge disappointment.
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