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I share Mike's dismay at the overall quality of Iron Lady. But I wonder if it is so easy to detach the film's egregious flaws from Streep's own performance. Yes, it's technically brilliant, but in such an obtrusive, attention-seeking way that it's part of the film's greater problem - the act of portraying Thatcher becomes the film's only subject, not any deeper insight. I preferred watching both Alexandra Roach as the younger Mrs T, and Olivia Colman as Carole, where there was a chance of real emotional engagement with the characters.