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A robust comedic cast and Stephen Frears' gift for satire elevate Tamara Drewe's slight scenario into a tart treat.
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Frears' broader aim is to fully chart the daisy chain of consequences set in train by bad moral behaviour, a theme that has proved a favourite of his and which he prosecutes here with very satisfying results. Feb 2, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Frears' broader aim is to fully chart the daisy chain of consequences set in train by bad moral behaviour, a theme that has proved a favourite of his and which he prosecutes here with very satisfying results.
Jim Schembri
There's something about the desperation of Jody that gives the film its most uncomfortable and surprising moments. Otherwise, it's a bit of a stroll down familiar paths. Feb 2, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's something about the desperation of Jody that gives the film its most uncomfortable and surprising moments. Otherwise, it's a bit of a stroll down familiar paths.
Philippa Hawker
Good-natured as it is, it isn't nearly witty enough to justify the efforts of Frears's gifted cast. Feb 1, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Good-natured as it is, it isn't nearly witty enough to justify the efforts of Frears's gifted cast.
Sandra Hall
"Tamara Drewe" is a wickedly smart hybrid of a literary roundelay and a postfeminist manifesto. Dec 17, 2010 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"Tamara Drewe" is a wickedly smart hybrid of a literary roundelay and a postfeminist manifesto.
Joe Williams
There's a whiff of desperation behind the comic romp Tamara Drewe that gives it some unexpected sting. Nov 12, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review…
There's a whiff of desperation behind the comic romp Tamara Drewe that gives it some unexpected sting.
Tom Long
This screen adaptation by director Stephen Frears successfully re-creates the strip's pastoral tone and cheeky humor. Nov 12, 2010 | Full Review…
This screen adaptation by director Stephen Frears successfully re-creates the strip's pastoral tone and cheeky humor.
J. R. Jones
It's fun but overlong, not a waste of regular time, but probably of festival time. Nov 16, 2018 | Full Review…
It's fun but overlong, not a waste of regular time, but probably of festival time.
Tara Thorne
Tamara Drewe's self-proclamations of having blended "intelligent" British humour with black comedy slowly fritters away as the film plods towards its abrupt and wholly unsatisfactory ending. Nov 5, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Tamara Drewe's self-proclamations of having blended "intelligent" British humour with black comedy slowly fritters away as the film plods towards its abrupt and wholly unsatisfactory ending.
Daniel Green
It sounds like a fun romp, and it should be a fun romp, but it isn't. Instead, it's tiring and plain silly, without a single plausible character. Aug 30, 2018 | Full Review…
It sounds like a fun romp, and it should be a fun romp, but it isn't. Instead, it's tiring and plain silly, without a single plausible character.
Deborah Ross
A gentle satire without being mean-spirited, which is a difficult tone to maintain; and as far as comedy goes, it's actually quite good in its understated fashion. Aug 9, 2018 | Full Review…
A gentle satire without being mean-spirited, which is a difficult tone to maintain; and as far as comedy goes, it's actually quite good in its understated fashion.
Sarah Manvel
The project has a slapdash, good-enough-for-government work feel to it. May 3, 2015
The project has a slapdash, good-enough-for-government work feel to it.
Sean Burns
A judicious comic actor, Arterton plays the eponymous Tamara, who throws a small English village into a tizzy when she returns from London to put the family cottage on the market. Jul 12, 2013 | Full Review…
A judicious comic actor, Arterton plays the eponymous Tamara, who throws a small English village into a tizzy when she returns from London to put the family cottage on the market.
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