These Are The 30 Greatest Performances of Meryl Streep’s Iconic Career

29. Heartburn (1986)

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Few are better with Nora Ephron’s words than Streep. However, there’s an undeniably bitter sentiment coursing through the whole film that makes it very difficult to invest in any other of the characters (despite the fantastic performances by Jack Nicholson and Streep). Based on Ephron’s rocky marriage to Carl Bernstein, this dream team of actors sadly falls flat. She apparently had too much anger to transform the facts into entertaining fiction. This is a bitter, sour movie about two people who are only marginally interesting. It has little to say about infidelity, marriage, and career choices women must make. It’s a terrible use of Streep, who plays a sad woman put upon by her boorish husband.