Gemma Arterton in Tamara Drewe
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Note: This review was originally published on May 17, 2010 after I screened Tamara Drewe at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
Adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (which itself is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd"), Stephen Frears's Tamara Drewe offers up a bit of semi-dark comedy with foul-mouthed 15-year-olds, adulteress affairs, stampeding cows and a lovely pair of short shorts all in the midst of a writers' retreat in a small English village referred to as Ewendown. It has its share of laughs, but overall hardly moves the dial.
Starring Gemma Arterton as the title character, Tamara Drewe is an upstart journalist and aspiring novelist returned home to claim her childhood spread following the recent death of her mother. When she last left she was sporting a giant schnoz, but upon her return she's not...
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Note: This review was originally published on May 17, 2010 after I screened Tamara Drewe at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
Adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (which itself is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd"), Stephen Frears's Tamara Drewe offers up a bit of semi-dark comedy with foul-mouthed 15-year-olds, adulteress affairs, stampeding cows and a lovely pair of short shorts all in the midst of a writers' retreat in a small English village referred to as Ewendown. It has its share of laughs, but overall hardly moves the dial.
Starring Gemma Arterton as the title character, Tamara Drewe is an upstart journalist and aspiring novelist returned home to claim her childhood spread following the recent death of her mother. When she last left she was sporting a giant schnoz, but upon her return she's not...
- 10/8/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Gemma Arterton in Tamara Drewe
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (which itself is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd"), Stephen Frears's Tamara Drewe offers up a bit of semi-dark comedy with foul-mouthed 15-year-olds, adulteress affairs, stampeding cows and a lovely pair of short shorts all in the midst of a writers' retreat in a small English village referred to as Ewendown. It has its share of laughs, but overall hardly moves the dial.
Starring Gemma Arterton as the title character, Tamara Drewe is an upstart journalist and aspiring novelist returned home to claim her childhood spread following the recent death of her mother. When she last left she was sporting a giant schnoz, but upon her return she's not only displaying her lengthy gams in a pair of short shorts, but a brand new beak. These two factors...
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (which itself is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd"), Stephen Frears's Tamara Drewe offers up a bit of semi-dark comedy with foul-mouthed 15-year-olds, adulteress affairs, stampeding cows and a lovely pair of short shorts all in the midst of a writers' retreat in a small English village referred to as Ewendown. It has its share of laughs, but overall hardly moves the dial.
Starring Gemma Arterton as the title character, Tamara Drewe is an upstart journalist and aspiring novelist returned home to claim her childhood spread following the recent death of her mother. When she last left she was sporting a giant schnoz, but upon her return she's not only displaying her lengthy gams in a pair of short shorts, but a brand new beak. These two factors...
- 5/17/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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