Plot Margaret Thatcher (Streep), now in her eighties, has finally resolved to clear out her dead husband Denis’ (Broadbent) clothes — and thus finally release his ‘ghost’. As she does so, she is hit by a flurry of memories of her extraordinary and controversial career.Verdict One of Streep’s finest-ever performances. But beyond that — whatever Morgan and Lloyd’s intentions — it’s little more than a myth-enshrining exercise.