Silkwood

Name: Silkwood
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: December 14, 1983
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep

1983

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 14, 1983 | R

Starring: Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep

Summary: Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a nuclear plant worker, strives to expose the safety violations at her workplace.

Director: Mike Nichols

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 131 min

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Michael Blowen

Fueled by Meryl Streep's performance in the title role, energized by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen's script and tempered by Mike Nichols' understated direction, Silkwood is a brilliant movie that puts art above polemics, and the facts above speculation. [14 Dec 1983]

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Mike Nichols, in his first venture into movies since "The Fortune," elicited superlative performances from the actors, particularly Streep and stage veteran Sudi Bond. Read full review

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Roger Ebert

That could have been a good movie, but predictable. Mike Nichols' Silkwood is not predictable.... We realize this is a lot more movie than perhaps we were expecting. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Silkwood is a very moving work about the raising of the consciousness of one woman of independence, guts and sensitivity. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Wonderful performances steal the show in this film based on the real life of Karen Silkwood, a worker in a plutonium factory in Oklahoma, whose health and safety concerns prompt her public exposure of the company's practices which, in turn, lead to dire personal consequences. Read full review

David Sterritt

Despite the drawbacks of the Silkwood screenplay, written by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, this is a directorial triumph for a filmmaker who has artistically matured during his absence from the screen these past several years. Read full review

Richard Schickel

There is none of the affectionate respect for working-class life and values that marked the similar, and far superior, "Norma Rae," nor any of that film's sense of felt reality either. Read full review

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WalterTSolley

Dec 31, 2017

Mike Nichols’ compelling, true story, “Silkwood”, features fine performances and a strong, literate script. Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher star in this moving tale of activism and its consequences. One of the best films of the 1980’s, it remains sorely underseen. Sam O’Steen’sMike Nichols’ compelling, true story, “Silkwood”, features fine performances and a strong, literate script. Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher star in this moving tale of activism and its consequences. One of the best films of the 1980’s, it remains sorely underseen. Sam O’Steen’s editing and Georges Delerue’s evocative score stand out among the many artistic achievements to be found in this film.… Expand

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RogerSmith97

Feb 24, 2011

Great Plot & Cast...
The Only Problem In My Opinion Is That It Seemed Way To Long.... I Think 90 Min. Would Of Been Great For This Movie..
It Could Of Scored A 9 But It's A 7

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