The Iron Lady (2011)

Drama | Biography

 

This flick is not just a biography of a person we know little about. It carries one of the most remarkable acting by a lead actress and ground breaking work of makeup I have seeing. If I say that Meryl Streep just makes a miracle I’m not boasting. She is breathtakingly amazing in her performance with every move; every word and every gesture coming out of her belongs to another person. It’s no secret that she is one the greatest of actresses in our time but this just put her in a whole different standard and I doubt if someone else can actually reach it. Apart from her the other brilliance of Iron Lady is the makeup. It’s really hard to believe until you see it. It’s not like making a demon out of an actor but this is extremely creative and precise in a totally natural way. This movie is great. It swings across timelines and brings us the depths of a character of a woman who we saw while growing up. And it’s a keeper.

 

4/5

 

Synopsis: 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.