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The Iron Lady

Iron Lady

2012 (Phyllida Lloyd) PG, 105 minutes

Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant

Lloyd finesses a deft script of brisk, quick strokes by Abi Morgan (“Brick Lane,” “Shame“) into a terrific entertainment, and a film that both celebrates and to a far lesser degree criticizes a woman who inspired a generation of conservatives, at home and in America, to refuse to compromise, to turn every debate into a battle over “principles.”  It’s an uncanny turn by the screen’s greatest actress, an acting job with towering bombast and marvelous subtlety. She nailed the look, the tone, the speech patterns, the little snap of the head of the imperious British prime minister. Bloody brilliant.

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