Silkwood
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.
13 July 1928, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 September 1917, Macon, Missouri, USA
25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA
31 December 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 June 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
20 April 1937, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
29 July 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
January 17 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
1 September 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
21 July 1951, Turlock, California, USA
4 April 1944, Spokane, Washington, USA
15 August 1950, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
2 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
27 August 1955, Savannah, Georgia, USA
4 November 1946, Johnston City, Illinois, USA
17 March 1951, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
4 August 1935, Eastland, Texas, USA
13 August 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
14 November 1949, Amory, Mississippi, USA
4 February 1940, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
February 15, 2008
Gripping.
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
August 09, 2006
Silkwood achieves impressive credentials as a drama of human character, not just as a screed against intolerable public practice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
January 09, 2009
Seemingly better suited for a documentary.
July 06, 2010
A very fine biographical drama.
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.
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.
