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Tea with the Dames proves there's plenty of entertainment value to be found in rounding up a quartet of screen legends for a chat -- and is likely to leave audiences wishing these stars would keep brewing up pots for an ongoing series. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Spend a delightfully bawdy afternoon with four legends of British stage and cinema -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright -- as they spill the tea on life, love and art.
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English (United Kingdom)
  • Director:
    Roger Michell
  • Producer:
    Sally Angel, Karen Steyn
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $858.9K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    BBC Arena, Field Day Productions

Cast & Crew

Judi Dench
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Maggie Smith
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Eileen Atkins
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Joan Plowright
Self
Roger Michell
Director
Sally Angel
Producer
Karen Steyn
Producer
Sally Angel
Executive Producer
Debbie Manners
Executive Producer
Jamie Carmichael
Executive Producer
John Schmidt
Executive Producer
Eben Bolter
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Joanna Crickmay
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Critic Reviews for Nothing Like a Dame

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  • [A] cozy nonfiction film.

    March 5, 2020 | Full Review…

    Andrea Gronvall

    Chicago Reader

  • Do you need a life pick-me-up? The dames are here for you.

    December 26, 2018 | Full Review…

    Roxana Hadadi

    Pajiba

  • Candid, insightful and unpredictable, Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright and Dame Maggie Smith are not only acting legends but also great friends. And a treat to hang out with.

    December 26, 2018 | Full Review…

    Kenneth Turan

    Los Angeles Times

  • A delightful, delicate, delicious crustless-finger-sandwich of a film...

    December 26, 2018 | Full Review…

    Glen Weldon

    NPR

  • Tea With the Dames peters out as a conversation, given there's no real beginning, middle or end to the film. It's a privilege, however, to have been given a tableside seat to listen to this foursome reminisce and ruminate for an hour and a half.

    December 13, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Steve Davis

    Austin Chronicle

  • We're offered the precious illusion that we're close enough with four pillars of English theatre that they're chatting to us about their memories and feelings; that we get to see them as people and as friends.

    November 30, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

    Anne T. Donahue

    Globe and Mail
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