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Silkwood
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This drama is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who works at a nuclear facility, who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
This drama is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who works at a nuclear facility, who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Actors:
Pamela Clay,
Kent Broadhurst,
M. Emmet Walsh,
Richard Hamilton,
Nancy Hopton,
Michael Bond,
J.C. Quinn
Pamela Clay
January 17 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
Kent Broadhurst
4 February 1940, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
M. Emmet Walsh
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Richard Hamilton
31 December 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nancy Hopton
Michael Bond
J.C. Quinn
30 November 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Country:
United States
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December 13, 2007
One of Nichols' best films, Silkwood is effective as factual reportage and portrait of working class life (rare sight in Hollywood cinema), with terrific performances by Meryl Streep, as a new type of American heroine, and Cher, as her lesbian roommate
March 04, 2015
The film seems... unconvincing when it tries to argue the case of Silkwood's martyrdom, but it soars magnificently when it confines itself to the drama of one woman's courage in renouncing complacency for action.
July 06, 2010
A very fine biographical drama.
August 09, 2006
Silkwood achieves impressive credentials as a drama of human character, not just as a screed against intolerable public practice.
February 09, 2006
Silkwood's "ordinariness" protects her from being labelled a wild-eyed Trot, but that should not be allowed to obscure her courage or the whitewash ladled onto her story after her death.
March 04, 2015
It's a thought-provoking film that asks questions about the safety of the nuclear power industry that are still pertinent.
November 23, 2014
Extraordinary portrayals of everyday people characterize the contribution of director Mike Nichols' talented diverse cast. Once again, Nichols justifies his past plaudits for bringing the best out of his players.
January 09, 2009
Seemingly better suited for a documentary.
October 23, 2004
Silkwood is the story of an ordinary woman, hard-working and passionate, funny and screwed-up, who made those people mad simply because she told the truth as she saw it and did what she thought was right.
ColeSmithey.com
February 15, 2008
Gripping.
July 01, 2011
The facts it can lay its hands on do not support a politically alarming or dramatically compelling conclusion to the mysteries of this case. Nor do they lead to a very uplifting statement about the motives and character of its central figure.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
For most of its running time it is so convincing -- and so sure of itself -- that it seems a particular waste when it goes dangerously wrong.