Tamara Drewe
A comedy of manners from Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) about young newspaper writer, Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton).
Tamara returns to her English countryside hometown - stocked with pompous writers, rich weekenders, bourgeois bohemians, a horny rock star, and a great many Buff Orpington chickens and Belted Galloway cows - where her childhood house is being prepped for sale. Remembered as an ugly duckling, Tamara has transformed into a devastating beauty (with a little help from plastic surgery) and her return awakens passion - infatuations, jealousies, love affairs and career ambitions collide among the sleepy inhabitants of the neighbouring farmsteads.
- Director:
- Stephen Frears ('Chéri', 'The Queen', 'Mrs Henderson Presents', 'High Fidelity')
- Writer:
- Moira Buffini
- Cast:
- Gemma ArtertonDominic CooperRoger AllamLuke EvansBill CampTamsin Greig
Reviews & comments
Comedy Born in Village Lies
Ostensibly a comedy set in a village retreat with a famous egocentric author, his slavishly devoted wife, a coterie of writers and house guests, a hunky handyman, a newly returned and remodeled temptress (namely Tamara Drewe) and two bored schoolgirls infatuated with a visiting rock star. Dig beneath the surface and you'll find cracks in this Pleasantville:...
Watches like reading a satisfying book :-)
I enjoyed this movie, this is a great story with lots of contemporary sub plots, good dialogue and wit. It is set in a "Midsomer Murders" type country village. Be warned though, this is not a "no-brainer"; it centres around an uncomfortably real and gritty marriage breakdown.
Variety
pressAdapted from a comicstrip-turned-graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, which was itself based on Thomas Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd," picture represents a satirical but soft-biting swipe at contempo middle-class mores among Blighty's chattering countryside classes.
Total Film
pressA delightful frolic that goes down easier than chilled rosé on a sunny summer afternoon.
The New York Times
pressThere is something shallow and cautious about this film, which strains to maintain a glib, cheery demeanor that is not always appropriate to the details of the story.
Roger Ebert
pressTamara Drewe is one of those British comedies in which, one way or another, we envy all of the characters
Empire Magazine
pressThink The Archers with a sprinkling of trendier folk and a lot more shagging. Very intelligently funny, with stellar performances.
Variety
pressAdapted from a comicstrip-turned-graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, which was itself based on Thomas Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd," picture represents a satirical but soft-biting swipe at contempo middle-class mores among Blighty's chattering countryside classes.
Total Film
pressA delightful frolic that goes down easier than chilled rosé on a sunny summer afternoon.
The New York Times
pressThere is something shallow and cautious about this film, which strains to maintain a glib, cheery demeanor that is not always appropriate to the details of the story.
Roger Ebert
pressTamara Drewe is one of those British comedies in which, one way or another, we envy all of the characters
Empire Magazine
pressThink The Archers with a sprinkling of trendier folk and a lot more shagging. Very intelligently funny, with stellar performances.
Comedy Born in Village Lies
Ostensibly a comedy set in a village retreat with a famous egocentric author, his slavishly devoted wife, a coterie of writers and house guests, a hunky handyman, a newly returned and remodeled temptress (namely Tamara Drewe) and two bored schoolgirls infatuated with a visiting rock star. Dig beneath the surface and you'll find cracks in this...
Watches like reading a satisfying book :-)
I enjoyed this movie, this is a great story with lots of contemporary sub plots, good dialogue and wit. It is set in a "Midsomer Murders" type country village. Be warned though, this is not a "no-brainer"; it centres around an uncomfortably real and gritty marriage breakdown.
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