The other DrC and I watched the DVD of The Iron Lady last night. I wish I had not done so.
The film contains entirely too much of an elderly and bewildered Mrs. Thatcher wandering around her home talking to her dead husband Denis.
The parts of the film - flashbacks - which deal with the young Margaret Roberts and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are good. Unfortunately, they end up being underemphasized.
Frankly, the film's title is ironic. Most of what you see will be the very rusty remnant of what was once an iron lady - damned sad and entirely unnecessary.
One suspects the people who made the film didn't like Prime Minister Thatcher. It appears they took this opportunity to exact revenge - an ugly business.
The Brits have had two great prime ministers in the last century: Churchill and Thatcher. They ended up kicking both out of office. Honestly, they don't deserve their great PMs.
BTW, the other DrC liked the film. De gustibus non est disputandum.
