About this movie
- Genres:
- Drama
- Language:
- English
- Subtitles:
- English
- Running time:
- 2:12:44
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- Apr 11, 2012
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Michelle Yeoh
- David Thewlis
Directors
- Luc Besson
Producers
- Virginie Besson-Silla
- Andy Harries
Writers
- Rebecca Frayn
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The Lady
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Trailer for The Lady
The Lady is the extraordinary true story of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh), the woman who is at the core of Burma’s democracy movement, and her husband, Michael Aris (David Thewlis). Despite distance, long separations and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. It is a story of devotion and human understanding, set against a backdrop of political turmoil that continues today.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
34%
percent positive reviews
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Jim Schembri, 3AW
The villains are caricatures, the emotions melodramatic, the politics black-and-white - yet French director Luc Besson moves the saga briskly, and does not back away from the violence.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The Lady is a slog, a two-and-a-half hour, painted-on-wood exercise in political iconography.
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John Anderson, Newsday
"The Lady" is a two-hour trip into earnestness, from which audiences will want a little liberation of their own.
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Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
The Lady is little more than a history lesson - although a beautifully presented one - wrapped in the pink gloss of a G-rated potboiler evidenced in Suu Kyi's and Michael's storybook romance.
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Adam Bernstein, Washington Post
A heavy-handed attempt to sanctify one of the most dignified and uncompromising politicians and human rights champions of recent times.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
[It] does indeed deal with a real life, but follows so faithfully the traditional shape of film biography that it feels less convincing.
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Simon Miraudo, Quickflix
It's not without faults, but as a piece of illuminating and occasionally - dare I say it - inspirational entertainment, The Lady has my vote.
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