The Dressmaker

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Cast

Kate Winslet
as Myrtle 'Tilly' Dunnage

Liam Hemsworth
as Teddy McSwiney

Hugo Weaving
as Sergeant Farrat

Sarah Snook
as Gertrude 'Trudy' Pratt

Judy Davis
as Molly Dunnage

Caroline Goodall
as Elsbeth

Julia Blake
as Irma Almanac

Shane Jacobson
as Alvin Pratt

Kerry Fox
as Beulah Harridiene

Rebecca Gibney
as Muriel Pratt

James MacKay
as William Beaumont

Gyton Grantley
as Barney McSwiney

Barry Otto
as Percival Almanac

Sacha Horler
as Una Pleasance

Hayley Magnus
as Prudence

Alison Whyte
as Marigold Pettyman

Shane Bourne
as Evan Pettyman

Olivia Sprague
as Young Gertrude

Rachael Lorenz
as Beatrix

Geneviève Lemon
as Mae McSwiney

Beulah Harridene
as Kerry Fox

Muriel Pratt
as Rebecca Gibney

Tracy Harvey
as Lois Pickett

Simon Maiden
as Photographer

Terry Norris
as Septimus

Rory Potter
as Stewart Pettyman

Darcey Wilson
as Young Tilly

Mark Leonard Winter
as Reginald Blood

Amanda Woodhams
as Nancy Pickett

Eric Beach
as Ancient Drover

Ed McSwiney
as Stan Lehman

Stan Leman
as Ed McSwiney

Madeleine Hogan
as Elizabeth McSwiney

Sage Barreda
as Margaret McSwiney

Caroline Lee
as Fashionable Relative

Gregory Quinn
as Detective

Geneviève Picot
as Mrs. Tobin

Margot Knight
as Mrs. Wood

Jason Buckley
as Theatre Manager

Fletcher Humphrys
as Ticket Collector

Lucy Moir
as Young Molly

Katia Nizic
as Theatre Patron

Spike Hogan
as Theatre Patron

Grace Rosebirch
as Young Nancy

Alex DeVos
as Young Barney

Roy Barker
as Doctor

Judah Hobbs
as Boy in Wheat

Lanie Lane
as Singer

Sandra Talty
as Drummer

Howard Cairns
as Saxophone Player

Malcolm Cole
as Piano Player/Organist

Simon Farrow
as Winyerp Footballer

Richard Anastasios
as Winyerp Footballer

Mike Snow
as Dungatar Footballer

Adrienne Pickering
as Dungatar Footballer

Charlotte Friels
as Football Fan

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Audience Reviews for The Dressmaker

• Feb 23, 2016

  Unclear about what it wants to be, Dressmaker wavers thematically between wronged-youth-returns-to-better-backward-town redemptive or the ever popular let's-get-the-mongoloids-that-got-us revenge classic (always a popular favorite). It's these jarring shifts in perspective that make the piece hard to accept and one feels a touch manic by the ending. Before that though there are pieces that threaten beauty ... were they left alone.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Jan 09, 2016

  This was exceedingly surprising and turned out to be a great film. A typical mother-daughter revenge story that is both bittersweet and funny, often very funny at times. Definitely better than I thought it would be in terms of Australian films but when it is written by Paul 'Crocodile Dundee' Hogan you know it will be better than most.
  

  Ian W Super Reviewer
• Dec 30, 2015

  Could have gone either way with this one, but glad I stuck with it. Very original, and I loved all the beautiful dresses.
  Nicki M Super Reviewer
• Sep 21, 2015

  I watched what could be considered some very strange films at the Toronto International Film Festival, but I don't think any of them were as weird or out there as Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker. This movie, you guys, is completely bonkers. You wouldn't think so given the look of the header photo above and the fact it stars such credible and well-respected actors as Kate Winslet, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis, but once this thing gets rolling it is both surprising and distracting as to how ridiculous it gets. As I watched the events of the film unfold I couldn't help but to keep writing down again and again how I couldn't believe they were going where they were going and yet, the film kept going...one step further. Now, to be clear, this isn't strange or ridiculous in the sense of bombastic violence or discussing things typically taboo for everyday discussion, but more in the sense of general absurdities. Having not directed a film in nearly twenty years and operating strictly in Australia this would seem to be a fine opportunity to return for Moorhouse and there is plenty of stuff to have fun with here despite the fact I wasn't able to get on board with all of it. With Winslet leading the charge (though she seems slightly miscast) Moorhouse and her ensemble of misfits that make up this small town in Australia endeavor to deliver a perfectly cheeky little screwball comedy that is able to hold a slight amount of substance rather than being completely flippant. read the whole review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
  

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