History YMMV / TheIronLady

* ConsolationAward: Some people feel that Meryl Streep's Oscar win for this movie was to make up for the past 17 nominations in which she hadn't won.

* BrokenBase: [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's just say]] making a story about one of England's most [[LoveItOrHateIt controversial]] rulers didn't sit well with everyone and leave it at that.

* ConsolationAward: Some people feel that Meryl Streep's Oscar win for this movie was to make up for the past 17 nominations in which she hadn't won.

* BaseBreaker: [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's just say]] making a story about one of England's most [[LoveItOrHateIt controversial]] rulers didn't sit well with everyone and leave it at that.
* ConsolationAward: Some people feel that Meryl Streep's Oscar win for this movie was to make up for the past 17 nominations in which she hadn't won.

* TearJerker: Whatever your opinion on Margaret Thatcher, the ending, where she finds herself [[spoiler: washing out a teacup after promising Denis she wouldn't end her life doing that]], is tragic. For someone who was, above all else, ''strong'' to have fallen into such a pathetic condition is sad no matter what you think of the person she used to be.
** How about the bit where she finally lets go of Denis?
--->'''Margaret''': I don't want to be on my own. \\
'''Denis''': You're gonna be fine on your own, love, you always have been.
*** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".
**** Or [[TakeAThirdOption alternatively]] "You've always been all right (even when you're) alone."

--->'''Margaret''': I don't want to be alone. \\
'''Denis''': You'll be all right, you always have been.

* {{Hatedom}}: Trailers for this were actually booed in Scottish Cinemas, though this is more due to who it's portraying than the film itself
** And from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fans, who were outraged (among other things) for the film winning Best Makeup at the Oscars over ''[[Film/HarryPotter Deathly Hallows, Part 2]]''.

* OscarBait: As awesome as Meryl Streep is, almost everyone was expecting Viola Davis to win Best Actress for ''TheHelp'' instead (or, on a longshot, Glenn Close for ''AlbertNobbs'').

** And from ''Literatire/HarryPotter'' fans, who were outraged (among other things) for the film winning Best Makeup at the Oscars over ''[[Film/HarryPotter Deathly Hallows, Part 2]]''.

** And from HarryPotter fans, who were outraged (among other things) for the film winning Best Makeup at the Oscars over [[Film/HarryPotter Deathly Hallows, Part 2]].

* {{Tearjerker}}: Whatever your opinion on Margaret Thatcher, the ending, where she finds herself [[spoiler: washing out a teacup after promising Denis she wouldn't end her life doing that]], is tragic. For someone who was, above all else, ''strong'' to have fallen into such a pathetic condition is sad no matter what you think of the person she used to be.

*** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".

* How about the bit where she finally lets go of Denis?
-->'''Margaret''': I don't want to be alone. \\

** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".
* {{Hatedom}}: Trailers for this were actually booed in Scottish Cinemas, though this is more due to who it's portraying than the film itself

** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".

* {{Tearjerker}}: Whatever your opinion on Margaret Thatcher, the ending, where she finds herself [[spoiler: washing out a teacup after promising Denis she wouldn't end her life doing that]] is tragic. For someone who was, above all else, ''strong'' to have fallen into such a pathetic condition is sad no matter what you think of the person she used to be.
** How about the bit where she finally lets go of Denis?

-->Margaret: "I don't want to be alone."
-->Denis: "You'll be all right, you always have been."

*** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".

* {{Tearjerker}}: Whatever your opinion on Margaret Thatcher, the ending, where she finds herself [[spoiler: washing out a teacup after promising Denis she wouldn't end her life doing that]] is tragic.

->Margaret: "I don't want to be alone."
->Denis: "You'll be all right, you always have been."
** Particularly poignant because you can't know whether he means "You've always been all right" or "You've always been alone".

{{Tearjerker}}: Whatever your opinion on Margaret Thatcher, the ending, where she finds herself [[spoiler: washing out a teacup after promising Denis she wouldn't end her life doing that]] is tragic.