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The Iron Lady

- Never Compromise.

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Release Date : 2011-12-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : UK Film CouncilDJ FilmsPathéYuk FilmsFilm4 ProductionsGoldcrest

Production Country : FranceUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Margaret Thatcher

Original Name : Meryl Streep

Gender : Female

Character Name : Geoffrey Howe

Original Name : Anthony Stewart Head

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Denis Thatcher

Original Name : Harry Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denis Thatcher

Original Name : Jim Broadbent

Gender : Male

Character Name : June

Original Name : Susan Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cleaner

Original Name : Alice da Cunha

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susie

Original Name : Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alfred Roberts

Original Name : Iain Glen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Margaret Thatcher

Original Name : Alexandra Roach

Gender : Female

Character Name : Muriel Roberts

Original Name : Victoria Bewick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carol Thatcher

Original Name : Olivia Colman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Carol

Original Name : Eloise Webb

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hostess 1949

Original Name : Sylvestra Le Touzel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Host 1949

Original Name : Michael Culkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : William

Original Name : Michael Cochrane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Airey Neave

Original Name : Nicholas Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edward Heath

Original Name : John Sessions

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shadow Minister

Original Name : David Westhead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Francis Pym

Original Name : Julian Wadham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael Heseltine

Original Name : Richard E. Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gordon Reece

Original Name : Roger Allam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Stephen Boxer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Simon Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael Foot

Original Name : Michael Pennington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Andrew Havill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alexander Haig

Original Name : Matthew Marsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Admiral Leach

Original Name : Nicholas Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Admiral Fieldhouse

Original Name : David Rintoul

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ian Gilmour

Original Name : Pip Torrens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Michael Maloney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grey Suited Guest 1949

Original Name : Robert Portal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crawfie

Original Name : Angela Curran

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Interviewer

Original Name : David Cann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Minister

Original Name : Rupert Vansittart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Guest 1949

Original Name : Stephanie Jacob

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Martin Wimbush

Gender : Male

Character Name : James R

Original Name : Clifford Rose

Gender : Male

Character Name : James T

Original Name : Jeremy Clyde

Gender : Male

Character Name : House of Commons Speaker

Original Name : Richard Syms

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Major - Cabinet Minister

Original Name : Robin Kermode

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Michael Elwyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Ministers

Original Name : Jeremy Child

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-07-23

Told by way of a retrospective, Meryl Streep is the elderly Baroness Thatcher who is struggling to get over the death of her husband Sir Denis (Jim Broadbent) and dealing with the onset of dementia that is distressing her daughter Carol (Olivia Colman) and is causing her to forget yesterday but vividly recall the moments from her past that led to her domination of British politics for ten years. Streep does well mimicking the style and voice of the politician, but the back and forth style of the film's timelines robs it of much of it's potency. It is hard to be critical of the woman or her style when she is largely portrayed via the image of the shell that she had become towards the end of her life. You cannot help but feel a degree of pity for her and I suspect everyone watching - and her too - would not have wanted that. The condensed nature of the narrative does little justice to her career - it's controversial highs and lows; position on the global stage, even her downfall is rushed - and the depiction of her life here leaves us with little of substance with which to judge this most polarising of women. It is worth a watch to witness a consummate professional at work, but as a review of Margaret Thatcher or her political career it falls disappointingly short.