It should be a required prerequisite to watch 'J. Edgar' before watching 'The Iron Lady,' in an effort to really illustrate how the biopic of a political figure should not be done, as opposed to the way one should be done. While watching 'J. Edgar,' a viewer is led to think, Leonardo DiCaprio is doing a decent impression of Hoover, I suppose; in 'The Iron Lady,' it's uncanny how Meryl Streep just becomes Margaret Thatcher. Like 'J. Edgar,' 'The Iron Lady' jumps back and forth through time, but there's a life to Thatcher’s rise to power that, no matter what you think of her politics, is enthralling. -- Mike Ryan

It should be a required prerequisite to watch 'J. Edgar' before watching 'The Iron Lady,' in an effort to really illustrate how the biopic of a political figure should not be done, as opposed to the way one should be done. While watching 'J. Edgar,' a viewer is led to think, Leonardo DiCaprio is doing a decent impression of Hoover, I suppose; in 'The Iron Lady,' it's uncanny how Meryl Streep just becomes Margaret Thatcher. Like 'J. Edgar,' 'The Iron Lady' jumps back and forth through time, but there's a life to Thatcher’s rise to power that, no matter what you think of her politics, is enthralling. -- Mike Ryan