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    Thatcher movie opens in Argentina to tough reviews

    By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DEBORA REY | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 2, 2012

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Meryl Streep may have been nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," but Argentine critics panned the film during its premiere in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

    The film opened in Argentine theaters amid a furor over the Falkland Islands, which Thatcher's Britain and Argentina fought a brief war 30 years ago. In the movie, Thatcher is shown ordering Britain's military to sink the Argentine warship Belgrano, which killed 323 sailors and remains controversial because the ship was considered to be outside the war zone.

    She also dismisses the entreaties of the American ambassador to settle the dispute peacefully, suggesting that as a woman, she's had to "go to war every day" to maintain her hold on power.

    Reducing the decision to wage war to a question of feminism "is absurd, to say the least," the newspaper Clarin wrote in Thursday's review.

    Others praised Streep's acting, but panned the script as mediocre.

    "A character so controversial for her own citizens, the citizens of the world and especially for Argentines, Thatcher deserves a better movie," huffed La Nacion.

    Buenos Aires and London have escalated a war of words ahead of the anniversary of the Argentine dictatorship's ill-fated invasion of the islands on April 2, 1982. More than 900 soldiers and sailors were killed on both sides by the time Britain seized them back.

    The movie tries to humanize Thatcher, but "it didn't fool me," said Mario Huguet, 75, a psychoanalyst who called her a word unfit for publication after seeing the premiere. "It presents her as a senile grandmother, but the Argentine dictators also got to be old and pitiful."

    Huguet's wife, Nora, also 75 and retired, said they saw the movie because she loves Streep. "She's wonderful. But it didn't change my opinion of Thatcher."

    Britain has sent one of its most advanced warships, the HMS Dauntless, to the islands, as well as Prince William, a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot, ahead of the anniversary.

    Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou said Thursday that Britain has falsely accused his South American country of threatening another invasion in order to distract Britons from their economic worries.

     

    31 comments

    • A different Michael
      A different Michael  •  3 mths ago
      Argentina coveted and accepted hundreds of SS Nazis after WWII who were fleeing prosecution for war crimes.
      • A different Michael
        A different Michael 3 mths ago
        Not every country. But, were that true, it doesn't make it right or morale. And the U.S. was just as wrong and immoral.
    • De' Baum
      De' Baum  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      What did U expect! Hello!
    • Bob Smith
      Bob Smith  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Politics aside, Streep was amazing...but the movie was very, very weak.
      • Jack
        Jack 3 mths ago
        If she was "amazing" it would be the first time in her miserable career.
    • Dan
      Dan  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  3 mths ago
      Argentina used to be the third richest country in the world after England and the United States. But then it turned to socialism and destroyed their private sector. It doesn't make the top 20 in the list of richest nations anymore.

      Margaret Thatcher kicked Agentina's rear and tossed them out of the Falklands. The people who live in the Falklands are British and don't want to belong to Argentina. The Falklands are 300 miles from Argentina and you would think they would be left alone, but now that Britain no longer has a blue water navy, Argentna is talking about invading again.
      • Corsair
        Corsair 3 mths ago
        No, Argentia did not turn to socialism. They turned to facism, joining corporate and government power.
      • buwanna
        buwanna 3 mths ago
        sounds like what is happening in the USA
    • three8s
      three8s  •  Port Jefferson Station, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Spanish armada was defeated in 1588 . yeah uh get over it buddy
      • dadude
        dadude 3 mths ago
        huh? Argentina isn't in Spain, nor did it exist during the armada times.
      • three8s
        three8s 3 mths ago
        yeah thanks slick...my point was its ancient history move on.
      • Bob
        Bob 3 mths ago
        Argentina was settled by Spain during the early 1500's, years before the creation of the Spanish Armada (Great and Most Fortunate Navy). Looks like it did exist back then, Scooter.
    • Deacon
      Deacon  •  3 mths ago
      Don't cry for me, Argentina.....maybe you should have picked on a country with no navy ?
    • willis
      willis  •  3 mths ago
      Kardashians eat their own waste.
      • Bob
        Bob 3 mths ago
        Kardashians eat their own young.
      • Rand March
        Rand March 3 mths ago
        Perhaps, that has nothing top do with this story
    • Mark
      Mark  •  3 mths ago
      The movie sucks and the script did suck also. Get ready for Falklands war II.
    • Cynthia W
      Cynthia W  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Hail Britania!
    • Frank
      Frank  •  Sacramento, California  •  3 mths ago
      Once again it's teaching time for ignorants. Argentina is primarily a European (white ) country basically run by people of Italian and German ancestry who fled Europe. Native Americans ( Indigenous ) people were murdered and driven from the rich fertile valleys by immigrants of English, German, Italian and Spanish ancestry. Remember Spain is IN Europe you know next door to France and close to England. Do I have to freakin educate everyone. Didn't you go to $%^&^%#$ school?
    • Jack
      Jack  •  3 mths ago
      Unlike Americans, the Argentinians are smart enough to know a bad, overrated actress when they see one.
    • William
      William  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  3 mths ago
      "outside the war zone," huh? I guess the Argies forgot that they were the ones that invaded the Falklands in the first place. Who voted to establish and define the "war zone" there?
    • Patton
      Patton  •  3 mths ago
      Argentina started the war, and Great Britian ended it. Losers always complain when they've had their butts kicked. Now they can return their third world, socialist poverty and cry like big babies. LOSERS!
    • THE HIGH ROAD
      THE HIGH ROAD  •  3 mths ago
      Reagan/Thatcher both are the same,overrated #$%$
    • S Patrick
      S Patrick  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Dont cry for the Falklands, Argentina...
    • Frank
      Frank  •  Sacramento, California  •  3 mths ago
      Imagine Argentina claiming an island just off the coast of England. I'm no big fan of Argentina but c'mon get real. Look at a freakin map before you open your hole with nonsense.Britain won their previous war with secret help from guess who and the best war technology available. Argentina man up if you want your islands back.
    • DC
      DC  •  3 mths ago
      well the argentines got at least one thing...they have had two world cups since 1967. england has zero...and one came at the expense of Maradona lmfaooooooooo
    • Winged Avenger
      Winged Avenger  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Who dares wins! To the victor go the spoils.
    • UR2MuchReally
      UR2MuchReally  •  3 mths ago
      OMG, Argentinians are so pompous and annoying. Good, take over their lands.
    • juice
      juice  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      wow!
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