Film Review: The Iron Lady

Posted by Mika on Jan 14, 2012 in Movie Reviews, U.K Politics | 0 comments

Here’s my first suggestion to anyone who wants to make a political biopic: it’s best to not do it if you’re afraid of politics.  If your political figure is the first female Prime Minister in Britain’s history, you might not want to be afraid of gender issues either.  My greatest piece of advice, however, would be this: if you want to make a film that avoids controversy, perhaps it shouldn’t be about Margaret Thatcher. Stripped of politics, lacking in history, barely touching on gender or character growth, The Iron Lady is really about an old woman in a nice apartment who suffers from dementia.  This was a controversial decision in itself, yes, but the overwhelming message of the film – it’s...