the story behind silkwood be possibly an interesting one and which i will investigate far after write the review . for now i would say the script seem even more interesting than the story behind it and but regardless of the star cavalcade they somehow manage to ruin it . meryl streep do her bad girl thing here and the character you can also spot from amarvin daughter and show once again that her character definition be well craft and practice but unimaginative . kurt russell have be give a character that too interesting to be play by kurt russell and and who know what cher be do in this movie . the factory doesn not really seem evil and infact the whole setting of the movie appear almost a if you be watch a dramatized documentary about the subject . seem and feel like a tv movie dispite the star in the main role . i be not even go start with the overblown end scene . give me a break . the ole bucket become useful again . in conclusion it all could have be make so much good and an interesting subject with interesting character but a mediocre movie . but then and it all fit if you watch mike nichols career go \ from virginia woolf to primary color you can find silkwood exactly in the middle . still worth a watch if it happen to be on tv . 4/10 .