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 t... Read allAn 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.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.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 27 wins & 47 nominations total
- Michael Heseltine
- (as Richard E Grant)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point, Margaret Thatcher is shown making ice cream to give to a voter as part of an election campaign. In her early career, Thatcher was actually a chemist who was involved in developing the emulsifier for that particular type of ice cream.
- GoofsWhen Airey Neave was assassinated by an INLA car bomb, Margaret Thatcher was nowhere near the Palace of Westminster.
- Quotes
Margaret Thatcher: Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that. And I think I am fine.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 7 July 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksShall We Dance
(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Published by Williamson Music, an Imagem Company
Recording taken from the original motion picture "The King and I (1956)"
Licensed courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
I looked at the relatively low score, and wondered how much of it was to do with the film, and how much was to do with the level of dislike that still exists for the former Prime Minister.
There's something missing, and I think it's the direction and the actual storytelling, it's so clunky, if someone were to re-edit this film, I think they could do something with it.
It's a fascinating story, Britain's first woman Prime Minister, a story that deserved to be told. For me, the good outweighs the bad, but the elements were here for this to have been a superb film, sadly it just isn't.
I liked the way the original news footage is mixed in, it's well fused. If only they'd have shown her Spitting Image character.
Meryl Streep delivers an outstanding performance, she is sensational, the voice, the poise, the body language, she is fantastic. Jim Broadbent is wonderful as Dennis, the pair combined so well.
6/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Nov 28, 2023
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Bà Đầm Thép
- Filming locations
- Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, England, UK(exteriors: Lady Thatcher's present day house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,017,992
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $220,409
- Jan 1, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $115,890,792
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1