Silkwood (1983)
Directed by Mike Nichols · 131 min · Drama
59.0 TOPICAL score · #1,338 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Silkwood (1983, directed by Mike Nichols) has a TOPICAL score of 59.0 - ranked 1,338 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 5 nominations. Critics: 77% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 65. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (368 ratings) · IMDb 7.1/10. Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics77% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 65
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (368 ratings) · IMDb 7.1/10
- Awards0 wins, 5 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
- Still read32,666 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Meryl Streep (actor #12), Kurt Russell (actor #748), Cher (actor #441), Craig T. Nelson (actor #740)