Movie Review: 'The Iron Lady'

There are many inspiring stories made in order to stir the inner soul to gear up for some appreciative work or to find the meaning of life, but this one is uniquely different. This is a movie which gives you a brief about Margaret Thatcher’s life and the bumpy political career of this all-confident and utterly-strong lady who is considered as the longest-serving British Prime Minister by far. The story is shown as the lady’s reminiscence of her gone-by years and missed moments due to her dedication to public service. I could say that while watching this movie, I could figure out Meryl Streep’s face in Margaret Thatcher rather than the other way round! She is so immensely sold to the character that especially in the few scenes of her old age, it actually makes you feel as if you’re watching Thatcher’s real video clips edited together and not a film on her. The age-showing soft wrinkles peeping out of the heavy makeup on her old face, the parallel veins trisecting the throat area, the right-skewed hair style, listening and sitting posture exactly replicate that of the Iron Lady’s. The toggling between young, mature and old age of the lady Prime Minister, a real ball of fire is especially nicely shown. The love, respect, affection and at times complaining arguments between the lady and her late husband Dennis are pretty charming and mostly touching. 
 

I enjoyed the movie in bits and pieces. Though I feel that given the script the movie was immaculately well done, the script itself had left the big room of showing the Iron Lady’s inspiring character in an impactful way. It could have included a few more scenes in order to blow the audience off with the ‘go-for-it’ feeling. I have to say this because the character of the movie, Margaret Thatcher is one of its kinds and other aspects are so fantastically in place that you feel something concrete is not emphasized to a degree which made the lady ‘The Iron Lady’. The movie sets an ultimate example of perfect characterization but lacks the necessary depth needed for that character to justify the title in a ‘wow’ way. Please go for this movie as it won’t urge you to shake things up like she did in her past but it will for sure leave you with respectful soft smile for the Iron Lady.