The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady is a biography about the life of Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of England. This biography stars Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. I wanted to give this movie a shot because of Margaret Thatcher’s polarizing resume.

I thought that the acting from Meryl Streep was great, as usual. She really did a good job of embodying the character. I also thought that the makeup and costume design were appropriate for the period.

The primary issues with this film were with the cinematography, editing and the script. The way it was filmed was grainy and looked cheap. With the editing, you couldn’t tell the time period and there was also a lot of back and forth between the ages with no clarity or explanation as to when it was in history. I also wasn’t a fan of the script, it was dry and very flat in its pace.

Even though there were some good visual qualities within this film, these things couldn’t save this movie. The majority of the detractors outweighed those merits and because of that I’d say save 2 hours of your life a skip this dud.