Rotten
The Lady is a slog, a two-and-a-half hour, painted-on-wood exercise in political iconography.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Overview
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
Director and cast
- Luc Besson Director
- Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi
- David Thewlis as Michael Aris
- Jonathan Raggett as Kim Aris
- Jonathan Woodhouse as Alexander Aris
- Benedict Wong as Karma Phuntsho
- Rory Acton Burnell as Lucinda Philips
- Flint Bangkok as Nyo Ohn Myint
- Guy Barwell as Military Policeman
- Sahajak Boonthanakit as Leo Nichols
- Antony Hickling as BBC journalist (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
"The Lady" is a two-hour trip into earnestness, from which audiences will want a little liberation of their own.
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
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.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Rotten
A heavy-handed attempt to sanctify one of the most dignified and uncompromising politicians and human rights champions of recent times.
Adam Bernstein, Washington Post
Rotten
[It] does indeed deal with a real life, but follows so faithfully the traditional shape of film biography that it feels less convincing.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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