I watched this movie out curiosity about Margaret Thatcher. Heard the name, never knew the story. Unfortunately, this movie doesn't appear to be interested in the whole story.
If one believes this movie, her time as Prime Minister was just a non-stop series of rioting in protest of her. Exactly why is not clear. I found out that she was the first (and I'm assuming the only) female British Prime Minister who was also the longest serving of the 20th century. She must have done something right... but not that I saw in this film.
Mostly what I saw was an old, likely senile Margaret Thatcher with scant flashbacks to earlier days that really did little to explain who she was or what she did. While watching this, I became more focused on why this plot wasn't adding up correctly.
Of course, my mistake was assuming this movie was somewhat historical, as opposed to what I could only take as a political hatchet job. After all, how would us Americans react to a movie about Ronald Reagan that detailed his fall to Alzheimer's disease while bouncing back to things he failed at while President?
Guess I'll need to buy her book to find out who she was.
If one believes this movie, her time as Prime Minister was just a non-stop series of rioting in protest of her. Exactly why is not clear. I found out that she was the first (and I'm assuming the only) female British Prime Minister who was also the longest serving of the 20th century. She must have done something right... but not that I saw in this film.
Mostly what I saw was an old, likely senile Margaret Thatcher with scant flashbacks to earlier days that really did little to explain who she was or what she did. While watching this, I became more focused on why this plot wasn't adding up correctly.
Of course, my mistake was assuming this movie was somewhat historical, as opposed to what I could only take as a political hatchet job. After all, how would us Americans react to a movie about Ronald Reagan that detailed his fall to Alzheimer's disease while bouncing back to things he failed at while President?
Guess I'll need to buy her book to find out who she was.