Golda

"(Mirren) brings the prime minister to flinty, vibrant life."

"A lumbering, heavy, solemn film smothered by its own weighty self-consciousness."

"Stuffy."

"Helen Mirren makes a commanding Golda Meir in square but serviceable biopic."

"Mirren portrays Meir... with empathy and loving subtlety."

"Most of Nattiv’s film is a dry and frustrating affair."

"Of all the many talents demonstrated by formidable screen presence Helen Mirren, the ability to act her way out of a rubber mask is not one."

"Cinematically, Golda doesn’t altogether avoid a TV-movie stodginess... But it has a businesslike running time, and doesn’t waste it."

"Somewhere under the prosthetics is Helen Mirren, formidably shouldering Meir’s suppressed anguish over the war’s death toll."

"(Mirren's) so-so performance is weighed down all the more by a disappointing dearth of context about this fascinating woman."

"Only scratches the surface."

"Helen Mirren shines (and smokes) in an otherwise lacklustre Golda."

"The real Meir has more energy and charisma in the few seconds when she’s shown onscreen than Mirren has in 100 minutes."

"Helen Mirren gets lost beneath layers of heavy prosthetics and a swirl of incessant cigarette smoke."

"An admirable biopic."

"An essential piece of cinematic contemplation on the value of war."

"Plodding and boring."

"While Mirren gives her all to the project, other aspects of the film fall short."

"Despite a strong performance from Mirren, the film is dreary and fails to translate the complexities of Israeli politics at the time."