Tipping the Velvet

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Movie Info

An unusual love story told in three episodes, Tipping the Velvet charts the course of Nan, an ingénue who discovers a sexually charged world of male impersonators, actors and affluent women looking for female companionship in the usually controlled and corseted 1890s. Ultimately, however, Nan learns that she can only truly depend on herself. Stars Keeley Hawes, Rachel Stirling, John Bowe, Jodhi May, Anna Chancellor and Hugh Bonneville.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama, Television
Directed By:

Geoffrey Sax
Written By:

Andrew Davies
In Theaters:

Oct 20, 2002 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jan 27, 2004
Runtime:

178 minutes
Studio:

Acorn Media

Cast

Alexei Sayle

Anna Chancellor

Hugh Bonneville

Jodhi May

John Bowe

Johnny Vegas

Keeley Hawes

Rachael Stirling

Sally Hawkins

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Critic Reviews for Tipping the Velvet

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All this, wonderfully, is much more like an MGM musical than like The Well of Loneliness.

Jan 29, 2018 | Full Review…

John Leonard
New York Magazine/Vulture
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Audience Reviews for Tipping the Velvet

Jan 20, 2009

Three episode "mini-series" produced by the BBC and set in England in the late 1800's. It follows young Nan as she comes to terms with her sexuality in restrictive Victorian society. Other than a few steamy moments it's obvious this one was destined for television. <i>Tipping the Velvet</i> is to lesbian romance what <i>Lonesome Dove</i> is to the western genre. A solid but somewhat less than spectacular effort.

Randy T Super Reviewer
Aug 13, 2007

Two lovers, lesbians who are in love, who are not allowed to love the same sex in those days .This adaptation of Sarah Waters popular novel follows Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling) as she blossoms into womanhood and explores her sexuality, ostensibly forbidden in Victorian society.

Alexander C Super Reviewer
Jun 22, 2007

Silly but watchable.

Barry L Super Reviewer
Apr 30, 2007

A good adaptation, but I felt that the inculsion of peril from which Nan had to be resuced by Diana rather unnecessary.

Kylie B Super Reviewer