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Movie Info

Director:

Geoffrey Sax

Cast & Crew

Alexei Sayle

Anna Chancellor

Hugh Bonneville

Jodhi May

Geoffrey Sax
Director

Critic Reviews for Tipping the Velvet

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2)

Rachael Stirling's performance is just fine. A little gruff and common in her speech, very young, very astonished and breathless with adoration.

February 26, 2020 | Full Review…

Nancy Banks-Smith
Guardian
All this, wonderfully, is much more like an MGM musical than like The Well of Loneliness.

January 30, 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