Silkwood (1983)


The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Silkwood (1983)

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Released Year: 1983
Runtime: 131 minutes
Directors: Mike Nichols

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The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

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Reviews


100
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
That could have been a good movie, but predictable. Mike Nichols' Silkwood is not predictable.... We realize this is a lot more movie than perhaps we were expecting.
100
TV Guide Magazine - Unnamed
Mike Nichols, in his first venture into movies since "The Fortune," elicited superlative performances from the actors, particularly Streep and stage veteran Sudi Bond.
100
Boston Globe - Unnamed
Fueled by Meryl Streep's performance in the title role, energized by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen's script and tempered by Mike Nichols' understated direction, Silkwood is a brilliant movie that puts art above polemics, and the facts above speculation. [14 Dec 1983]
80
Variety - Unnamed
A very fine biographical drama.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Jay Scott
Silkwood is a friendly, kooky and caring film. [09 Dec 1983]

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possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

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possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.