silkwood represent a midpoint in mike nichols strength a a director . it not badly pace and yet the end come abruptly . it not that the end itself be not strong and because it be . however and as be the case with a good handful of nichols film after silkwood and the end come before once be ready for it . a a whole though and the film be not badly make . it have a realistic emotional impact . beautiful meryl streep riveting performance and full of character and be the upholstery for the rest of the cast and the rest of the production . cher come in a a close second . where streep be a wild southern girl and cher be lifelike a the sensitive and easily judge character around whom streep karen silkwood be tame . the story of karen silkwood and who find herself investigate allege wrongdoing at the plutonium plant where she work and be dramatize very sensitively and and also very objectively . though karen and her husband and play by kurt russell and have a large confederate flag over their bedpost and she doesn not seem to feel any guilt or remorse when she hit a deer with her car and we do not find it difficult invest in her very human story . silkwood be not a memorable to me a other streep film or others by nichols and but look back on it and i see that it have a tight atmosphere within it and once again in an objective sense because it do not depict a desirable setting but it be nonetheless a real and absorb one .