The Iron Lady
Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 41 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 41
  3. Negative: 3 out of 41
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  1. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Jan 12, 2012
    88
    Lloyd finesses a deft script of brisk, quick strokes by Abi Morgan ("Brick Lane," "Shame") into a terrific entertainment.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Dec 30, 2011
    88
    Sincerely directed by one woman (Phyllida Lloyd, who did "Mamma Mia!") and smartly written by another (Abi Morgan), the film stars an unsurpassable Meryl Streep, whose ability to empathize with her characters has never been more gloriously impassioned than it is in this titanic performance.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Dec 29, 2011
    88
    The sharp economy of Lloyd's direction allows the incontestably great Streep to take impressionistic snatches of a life and build a woman in full. This is acting of the highest order.

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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 159 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 69
  3. Negative: 11 out of 69
  1. eastplanoman
    10
    I wish the critics would restrict their comments to the movie and not Margret Thacher. We should be rating the move not her politics! Grade the movie and it's actors not the politics of the time.Please restrict your opinions to the movies not the politics of the time. It really makes you look stupid..… Full Review »
  2. CitizenCharlie
    5
    The first major Hollywood effort to document Margaret Thatcherâ
  3. chipinoh
    3
    I was so disappointed that Ms. Streep's wonderful performance was wasted in suck a train-wreck of a film. Honestly, it's as if the writers and producers got wind that such a film was being bandied about, and they figured they better sign her and make the film before someone else did. What a waste. The central conceit of the script is beyond bad - it's intentional mockery. I can't, in good conscience, score it a zero due to the wonderful lead performance. But why, WHY would they have given her this ridiculous script?… Full Review »
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