Synopsis
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
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Cast
- Michelle YeohAung San Suu Kyi
- David ThewlisMichael Aris
- Jonathan RaggettKim Aris
- Jonathan WoodhouseAlexander Aris
- Benedict WongKarma Phuntsho
- Susan WooldridgeLucinda Philips
- Flint BangkokNyo Ohn Myint
- Guy BarwellMilitary Policeman
- Sahajak BoonthanakitLeo Nichols
- Antony HicklingBBC journalist (voice)
Recommendations
- 63
Slant Magazine
The goings-on can rarely be called truly compelling, even if they're almost always generally pleasant. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Besson responded to something in the story that prompted him to step outside his comfort zone, but exactly what that was is unclear in this well-intentioned but pedestrian retelling of a stirring true story. - 50
Variety
This handsomely mounted picture is, at nearly 2 1/2 hours, far too long and indigestible for a film whose protagonist spends most of her screen time under house arrest. - 50
Movieline
There's something immobile at the center of The Lady, a kind of Botoxed biopic with an unlikely director - Luc Besson - manning the syringe. - 42
The A.V. Club
This is an inspiring and important story, but worthiness doesn't automatically equal quality. Had Besson looked for unexpected ways into Suu Kyi's life, or even had he indulged his old impulses and made a slick, surface-y Luc Besson movie, then The Lady might've been more memorable. - 40
Los Angeles Times
We have a fumbling and fawning - if sincere - tribute to the living legend and a director who has never seemed more out of his element. - 40
The Guardian
One of those agonisingly well-intentioned films whose heart is in the right place, but everything else is wrong. - 40
Time Out
Who would have thought that the man behind such wackadoo fantasies as "The Professional" and "The Fifth Element" was capable of being so bloody boring?
