Meryl Streep is an outstanding contemporary actress. Almost all films with Meryl Streep (a list of films are easy to find on the Internet) were nominated for prizes in the most prestigious film contests. The reviews of everyone who watched films with her participation agree that there are no passing tapes in her biography.
One of the best actresses of our time and her awards
The actress has three Oscars, eight Golden Globes, and a record number of nominations. She was noted by Russian cinema figures. For the 2004 film "Manchu version" she was awarded the prize - "I believe. Konstantin Stanislavsky. " The British Academy of Motion Picture and Television Arts has twice awarded it with its highest incentives. In addition, she was repeatedly awarded the most prestigious prizes and titles at other competitions and festivals.
An actress whose talent is subject to any genre
Mary Louise Streep, this is the real name of the actress, for her long cinematic career, which began in 1977, starred in almost forty films. She is subject to all genres - tragedy, comedy, melodrama, biopic, fantastic tale and musical. Streep carefully studies each new role, puts himself in the place of his character, learns his craft, even masters the emphasis depending on what language her hero speaks.
2014 musical
December 8, 2014 the world premiere of the musical feature film "The Farther Into the Forest" took place. The fairy tale has become a New Year and Christmas present for all admirers of the talent of a wonderful actress. Nicole Kidman, Katherine Zeta-Jones, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Donna Murphy, Idina Menzel and Miranda Richardson auditioned for the role of the witch - Rob Marshall, the director of the film, was not an easy choice. Preferring the oldest of them, he was not mistaken.
The tale turned out to be very beautiful - the scenery in the style of Tim Burton, amazing music. It looks in one breath, like all the films with Meryl Streep (the list of films with her participation confirms this), but there is no need to wait for the traditional happy end when good defeats evil. “The Farther Into the Forest” is an original interpretation of familiar stories.
Criticism gave the film high marks, and viewers doubted the correct approach to old children's tales. There are no categorically bad or good characters. We are given the opportunity to look at familiar characters from a new, unusual side, and this is very interesting.
Do not forget that all the tales were repeatedly copied and retold at each time in a different way. Straightforwardness, when there is a clear border between the positive and negative characters, and the villain is easily distinguishable from the good, and the neutral does not exist, appeared in fairy tales only in the last hundred years. Initially, all these stories were conceived of much more complex. Their purpose is to teach children to live in the real world, where relationships between people do not lie on the surface. One and the same person can do both good and bad deeds.
A film with a pronounced philosophical implication. It is not designed for young children. Be afraid of your desires - a fair warning for adults. Do we really need what we ask and what we don’t have?
Meryl Streep as a hairdresser
The film “Marvin's Room” will turn 20 years old in 2016, but it is still not outdated. The strip is played by the mother of two sons. She is divorced, tries to arrange her life, studies as a cosmetologist, hopes to get married. She does not represent her future very well, but she knows for sure that she does not want to be pulled into the hospital regime of her home, where she needs to look after her paralyzed father and a sick aunt. The heroine Meryl Streep cannot be blamed. She looks like millions of women - life from paycheck to paycheck, divorce from her husband, problems with her eldest teenage son - a boring story familiar to each of us. We all think that we will be able to reverse our fate and climb to a higher rung, where we will find the long-awaited happiness that comes along with money and other material benefits, and deep down we dream of warmth and understanding.
Marvin’s room, that is, the room in which the sick father lies, is a place where kindness, love and quiet happiness reign. Lee, the heroine of the Strip, suddenly discovers that her sister, who took care of her elderly parents twenty years ago, did not ruin her life and was not at all unhappy. It seems that the statement is true - the greatest happiness can be obtained only by making other people happy. Meryl Streep very subtly shows the change in the worldview of her heroine.
In the first part of the film, Meryl Streep is not burdened with deep thoughts in the spirit of the Russian classics, although there are more than enough reasons. Is it a joke - her son hates her for the collapse of the family, sets fire to the house and as a result gets to the clinic for the mentally ill. The heroine of the strip is an adult woman with the mind of a teenager. Before our eyes, under the influence of what she saw in the sister's family, she turns into a mature personality. There is so much soulfulness in the drama that Lee’s transformation is quick and natural.
The film can be recommended as an effective tool against depression and for the treatment of depression. It should be noted that these same words can be said about other films with the Meryl Streep. The list of films that can affect the moral and mental state of the viewer is very long. We will talk only about some of the works of a wonderful actress.
In the role of the Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Biopic “Iron Lady” brought Meryl Streep the second Oscar. It seems that the role of Margaret Thatcher is better and more believable to play. Two hypostases of one personality - a politician with an iron will and a devoted wife. It seems that Streep has invested a considerable share of her own life experience in this work. In fact, she herself is the real "iron lady." Strip says about herself: “At home I am a chauffeur and a getter of money.” The actress is the mother of four prosperous children. And as you know, a successful career and a successful family life are possible only if you have a good spouse, mutual love and respect between them. Women held in both roles are very few. Meryl Streep and her heroine, Baroness Thatcher, are from this small company.
Comedienne
It is believed that playing a tragic role is much more difficult than a comedic one. This is due to the fact that behind the tragedy is always a specific event that everyone understands. It’s enough to make a serious face. The facts themselves will tell everything and the viewer, if he does not flood into tears, then he will become sad, for sure.
Comedy requires an actor to play a very subtle game, precisely get into context. We are ready to laugh at anything - just create the right surroundings. Our heroine can do it.
“Simple difficulties” - a sparkling comedy, relaxation for the soul. The harmonious and harmonious work of the magnificent trio - Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, was awarded the prize of the National Council of Film Critics of the United States. Simple Difficulties was nominated for the award of several Golden Globes - Best Screenplay and Best Film in the genre of comedy or musical. In the third nomination, Meryl Streep was nominated as a contender for the title of Best Female Performer.
Fun culinary melodrama
Most viewers who watched “Julie and Julia: Cooking Prescription Happiness” agree that this film is the best cure for spleen. He is really filled with optimism and positive energy of the prototype of the heroine Meryl Streep. The script is based on the biography of Julia Child, a well-known author of TV shows and books on the culinary theme in the United States. The charming giantess by her example showed the whole world that at the age of forty, life had really only just begun. Work on "Julie and Julia: Cooking Prescription Happiness" brought Meryl Streep another Golden Globe.
Almost benefit
There is no need to repeat that Meryl Streep is a universal actress. Ricky and Flash is a kind of benefit. In this film, in the role of a rock singer and guitarist, Streep repeated the majority of her acting finds and receptions accumulated over her entire solid career. In the role of Julie, the daughter of our heroine, is the real daughter of Meryl Streep - Mamie Gammer. Outwardly they are very similar. Meeting on the set in a common film of members of the same family rarely translates into a masterpiece. "Ricky and Flash" was no exception. It is indeed difficult to call him the best in the Strip filmography, but he is still very good. The idea of ​​love and the need to support each other in difficult times is close to most actress heroines. They never had a tearful sentimentality, they are all a little ironic, capable of critical attitude to themselves, but not inclined to self-flagellation. This fully applies to Ricky.
After watching the film, you involuntarily envy the inhabitants of the overseas continent - in their cinema there is an amazing dramatic actress who also sings great and even real rock.
A woman with an icy heart?
Is it possible to put such dissimilar roles next to each other: rock musician Ricky with Harlem manners and the chief editor of the fashion magazine Miranda - sophisticated in the most subtle nuances of undercover intrigues, a snob, with a piece of ice instead of a heart. Meryl Streep is subject to any role.
A lot of information can be found on the Internet about the film “The Devil Wears Prada”, but as regards magazines, the most respectable publications passed the premiere of the film in silence. Indeed, Miranda Priestley’s prototype is Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of the destinies of all those who have at least some relation to the fashion world, the now surviving, omnipotent arbiter of fate.
In the Russian box office, the role of Meryl Streep was duplicated by Evelina Khromchenko. It is believed that this work of hers involuntarily provoked the failure of Khromchenko in L , Officiel and her removal from the post of chief editor. As for Meryl Streep, her role in the film "The Devil Wears Prada" brought another Golden Globe. This time for the female role of the second plan.
The heroine of our review has always been biased towards her roles. She has repeatedly made changes to the script along with directors and screenwriters. The idea of ​​showing Miranda sobbed and without makeup belongs to Meryl Streep. This episode made her heroine more understandable, aroused sympathy for her. He gave positive, more humane traits to the character, originally conceived as negative.
The role of the athlete in dangerous adventures
Work in the thriller genre for such a high professional as Meryl Streep is not very difficult, but the film “Wild River” required her remarkable physical preparation. In the 90s, when he was shooting, computer graphics were not yet distributed, and full-scale shooting was not carried out in the "green room". During the filming of one of the episodes, the actress almost drowned. She explained this by the fact that during the main shootings she was overworked, and her physical strength was not enough for additional shots. Needless to say, this case is very revealing. Meryl Streep knows how to work with full dedication, and all her successes are the result of honest work, as they say - not for fear, but for conscience. She is simply not capable of hackwork.
"Wild River" looks at one go. The plot is quite traditional - the couple, who are on the verge of a divorce, decide for the last time to spend a vacation with their family. Threesomes, together with their schoolchildren, they carry out rafting on the river. They meet with criminals who robbed a bank and try to hide from the police. They pretend to be inexperienced rafters. Travelers fall into extreme situations. The matter is compounded by difficulties in overcoming particularly dangerous sections of the river. The heroine Meryl Streep is forced to almost all the tasks that arise. The husband looks and behaves like useless ballast. Even a young son is more active and helps the mother as much as possible. In the end, the wife’s selfless behavior pushes the head of the family to male actions.
If we consider the heroines Meryl Streep as a collective image, then the leitmotif of his development is the desire to teach members of the same family to love each other. In subsequent films, this goal will become the foundation for the professional implementation of the actress.
Comedy romance for the elderly and not only
"Spring Hopes" is another comedy about middle-aged spouses. Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones composed a charming duet. In some places, the film may make older Puritans blush (audience reviews confirm this), but people with a sense of humor and a positive outlook on life will be happy to reconsider their ideals of family happiness and try to make fresh colors in the order that has stagnated for many years of matrimony. It is no secret that a dull fall in marriage can occur even several years after the wedding. "Spring Hopes" sets up the idea that freshness in love is possible at any age, even with such a solid experience as the Soames couple.
Noble goal and worthy means for its implementation
In an interview, Meryl Streep said she was trying to devote her talent to exalting kindness as the best human quality. Her characters are always endowed with an inner depth. Behind the external coldness, causticity and stiffness one can always see a strong character and a deep mind. This is confirmed by many films with Meryl Streep. The list of films where she demonstrates such qualities is extensive. The ability to change the viewer's worldview can be attributed to one of the hallmarks of a brilliant actress.