Louisa checks out The Iron Lady…
The first lot neednt have worried, becauseThe Iron Ladyis no leftist hatchet job, quite the reverse.
Newcomer Alexandra Roach fills in as the young Margaret Roberts before the pearls and handbag became a firm fixture.
For all its British provenance,The Iron Ladyis essentially a Hollywood treatment of Thatchers career.
Shes painted as a plucky feminist underdog who follows her convictions whatever the cost.
Maggie starts her life at Oxford as Jack fromTitanic, not knowing which forks to use.
A comfort blanket to Thatcherites?
Rating:
3 out of 5
