Title: A truly awful movie
Product review: "The Iron Lady" provided Meryl Streep with an excellent opportunity to play an individual suffering from dementia. However, it was a chronically poor interpretation of the life and times of Margaret Thatcher. So much is missing. If you do not already have extensive knowledge of Britain and British domestic policy in the 1970s and 80s (which most American audiences will not...) this film will mean nothing to you. The Miner's Strike and her relationships with Arthur Scargill and Ronald Reagan were barely touched upon! Yes, Meryl Streep is a great actor but we already knew that..."The Iron Lady" seems to have been made solely to win Streep another Oscar but that is not the reason I go and see movies. The emphasis on the least significant period of Thatcher's life has come at the expense of doing justice to the career of an important individual and a crucial period in Britain's history. Very, very disappointing.
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