Silkwood
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- Synopsis
- Based on a true story, Silkwood begins and ends with Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) driving along a lonely road in 1974, heading to a meeting with a New York Times reporter to deliver evidence of negligence at the Kerr-McGee Plant in Cimarron, ......
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- Starring
- Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid
- Director(s)
- Mike Nichols
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 131 min.
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Critic Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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 the full review
Boston Globe | Michael BlowenAdd Critic to Favorites
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]Read the full review
Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites
A very fine biographical drama.Read the full review
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