Fresh
"Tamara Drewe" is a wickedly smart hybrid of a literary roundelay and a postfeminist manifesto.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tamara Drewe
A comedy about sex, love and a nose job...
2010 · 1h 51m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Stephen Frears
Overview
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Director and cast
- Stephen Frears Director
- Gemma Arterton as Tamara Drewe
- Roger Allam as Nicholas Hardiment
- Bill Camp as Glen McCreavy
- Dominic Cooper as Ben Sergeant
- Jessica Barden as Jody Long
- Luke Evans as Andy Cobb
- Tamsin Greig as Beth Hardiment
- Charlotte Christie as Casey Shaw
- Alex Kelly as Jody's Mum
- James Naughtie as Interviewer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's a whiff of desperation behind the comic romp Tamara Drewe that gives it some unexpected sting.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
This screen adaptation by director Stephen Frears successfully re-creates the strip's pastoral tone and cheeky humor.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The film lacks Frears' usual master touch; it often feels flat and self-conscious, in a way that the book never does.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
While no one would celebrate Tamara Drewe as a great movie, it is a reliable dispenser of visual and erotic pleasures.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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