Meryl Streep visits the make up trailer and turns herself into good old Maggie Thatcher for a little romp into the titular ladies psyche. Jim Broadbent hops on board to play the old version of Mr Thatcher and spends most of his time dickin' about in stupid hats and talking very loudly. Olivia someone (I forget her last name, the one from peep show) poshes it up to play Carol. The story spends the majority of its time with Mags in her twilight years battling with the fact she is off her rocker. Every now and again it decides to pop back in time and let us know some of the history behind the woman.
To start with it is acted brilliantly. I am not a Streep fan and for the most part she annoys the crap out of me (Mamma Mia, Its Complicated, to name a couple) but in this film she is pretty awesome. From the moment you see her on screen with her teeth jutting out at that mightily odd angle she is Maggie Thatcher. Jim Broadbent and the Olivia woman also hold their own and the whole Thatcher clan (minus the son, who knew) are well represented. The big problem with the film however is it is ever so slightly boring. For someone who knows bugger all about MT's reign and rise to power the film didn't spend enough time explaining things. There are nice bits in it about when she was young and the struggles she had to face but way too much focuses on her attempting to collect all her marbles and jam them back in their bag. Im not saying I didn't like those bits but the film overdoes it a tad. There was a moment when I had completely stopped paying attention and began deciding if Captain America or Rogue from X-men should be my new purchase on my avengers game, turns out after an extensive pro and con list the correct answer is Captain America. Good effort but a shame it couldn't hold my attention more.
Verdict: 3/5 (mainly for the acting chops)
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