Movie Review: "The Iron Lady"

Meryl Streep won her 3rd oscar for "The Iron Lady," in which she portrayed famed British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Streep acted very well, portraying Thatcher throughout her later career, and primarily in her more recent years suffering with dementia. And that's where the film fails. It focuses so much on Thatcher and her dementia, and touches only on glimpses of her earlier life and career in politics. I didn't know much about Thatcher going in, and I only perhaps only a bit more coming out. It's a shame, because I was hoping this would be more of a biography. As it is, it's a focus on an aging world leader, with the film structured as if she's remembering flashbacks of her life. Good acting, but a letdown of a film.