Streep as Thatcher

I've come to expect great performances from Meryl Streep. Her track record is so extraordinary. However, I was not prepared for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, an interpretation -- an inhabiting -- so nuanced and deep and credible that I can't imagine any other actress in the running for the Oscar. Streep, a studious and particular actor if ever there was one, outdoes herself here, and aided by an extraordinary team including makeup artists, is not even recognizable as Meryl Streep when first we meet her character on screen. Just an amazing performance!