GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Leofwine_draca SILKWOOD is a true-life drama about the life and mysterious death of Karen Silkwood, a worker at a nuclear power plant in America who found herself exposed to radioactive material after campaigning against her employer's safety flaws. Coincidence? Possibly, but her subsequent death in a car accident made it look otherwise. I was hoping for a suspenseful thriller here, but SILKWOOD plays out as a slow-moving character drama for the most part. It's not exciting like other stories such as THE CHINA SYNDROME. Two thirds of the running time is made up of characters swapping dirty jokes, having sex, and random scenes involving Silkwood's housemate, who only seems to exist in the movie so that Cher could be a casting coup. On the other hand, this does have a very good cast, with Meryl Streep giving one of her most human portrayals as the lead. The excellent supporting talent includes Kurt Russell alongside THE THING's Charles Hallahan and POLTERGEIST'S Craig T. Nelson; there are also early turns for David Strathairn, Fred Ward, Bruce McGill, Ron Silver and many others.

Sherine Yousery What does your own hero look like ?How do you judge people ?When should you let go ? And when should you stick around ?With "amazing grace", the beautiful Meryl Streep and Karen Silkwood have both tried to answer our questions. This wonderful movie wasn't about Silkwood's bravery in demanding people's absolutely basic rights only.Most of people judge others by their own definition of "honour". You tell a friend about how this woman sleeps with everyone and the word goes on about how this promiscuous woman is a devil. This portrayal of Karen Silkwood will definitely conquer your image and your ways of judgment. As you can see her life ends, you'll know what really matters in life and what real honour looks like. You'll know that each one of us has their own demons, and some more than others, maybe for the bigger part, because they've witnessed what the rest didn't in their lives. You can never judge this woman saying she left her children when she's fighting for the framed pictures they're taking from her as they've found her house's contaminated, you can never judge her emotional and sexual behaviour when you see the look - to Drew- in her eyes before she dies and you can never judge the quality of her life given her psychological disturbance. This beautiful woman fought for what really matters in this life: end of fear .. end of blackmail for money and food. She's a hero by all means, defying all sorts of authorities with absolutely no support most of the time. You can see the struggles of being with someone who wouldn't save the world like you're trying to, but turns out to love you as you are with all your demons. The real lesson for most people in this movie was about bravery and courage, but for me, it was mostly about acceptance, judgment and what really matters in this life.I can't thank Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russel and Director Mike Nichols enough for this masterpiece, especially the ever-amazing and graceful, Mrs Streep .. You've taught me more than I've ever learnt from anybody in my own life.

MafiaScarecrow Karen, a low-income science loving woman from Texas, lives with her two co-workers: Dolly (played by Cher), who is a lesbian and Karen's best friend, and Drew, Karen's easy-living boyfriend. All three of them work for the Kerr-McGee corporation, along with several employees: Winston - a pervert and the nervous new guy Hurley - the foreman and Karen's boss/ sort of friend Gilda - Karen's friend in their station Velma - a mother of several kids, including a daughter with cancer Wesley - an obnoxious worker but nice guy When Karen learns of illegal photo tampering, unsanitary workplace conditions, shifty workers and hidden evidence, she goes undercover, and everyone eventually leaves her side, except for Dolly. Eventually Karen's home is contaminated and ripped apart by men in HAZMAT suits, and she gets mad at Hurley when he accuses her of contaminating her own home. After being internally contaminated by plutonium, Karen begins to lose her sanity, and gets killed in a mysterious car crash.It was fairly accurate, the acting wasn't too cheesy, and the movie was funny as well as dramatic. One actor who did really well was the one who played Winston. I'd rate it 10/10, except it seemed that Karen worked so hard, only to be murdered in a ditch. Granted, it is based on true events, but it just seemed a lousy way to end the chance of Karen avenging her co-workers. Overall, it's definitely worth watching. It has some great shots of Texas oil refineries and chemical factories, it's got lots of action, and it makes a significant point.

sharkie-294-946704 Intense 1980s flick that is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep in an Oscar-nominated role), a woman at a plutonium plant who began to talk about what really went on at the facility where she was employed. It seems that nuclear tampering would lead to the poisoning of the plant's employees and the pollution of the environment. Silkwood was about to talk to the New York Times about the Oklahoma plant when she died under mysterious circumstances in a car accident. The audience knows what is going to happen, but it is getting there that is the fascinating part. Mike Nichols' Oscar-nominated direction is arguably the best of his career, with the exception of his work on "The Graduate". Cher (also Oscar-nominated) proved that she was a legitimate actress as Streep's lesbian co-worker. Kurt Russell also gives his finest performance as Streep's on-again-off-again boyfriend. However with all that said, it is Meryl Streep who gives one of her finest performances in this memorable, remarkable and important motion picture. 4.5 out of 5 stars.