Published: 24 February 2023
Last updated: 5 March 2024
The director thought the veteran English actress ‘had the Jewish chops’ to play the legendary Israeli PM - but reviews have been mixed.
‘For me, she had the Jewish chops to play Golda’: director of Golda Meir film addresses casting Helen Mirren (Guardian)
Guy Nattiv defends choosing actor to play the former Israeli prime minister in a new biopic, amid debate about 'authentic casting’
‘Golda’ Review: Helen Mirren Channels Golda Meir in a Tense Dramatization of the Yom Kippur War (Variety)
She brings the prime minister to flinty, vibrant life at a time when Israel faced an existential threat
Golda review – lifeless Meir biopic hides Helen Mirren’s talent in a cloud of cigarette smoke (Guardian)
As a drama about the Yom Kippur war, this film is bafflingly dull. As a portrait of Golda Meir, Israel’s prime minister at the time, it’s even worse
