Tamara Drewe
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig, Roger Allam, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie | Written by Moira Buffini | Directed by Stephen Frears
Tamara Drewe concerns the titular Tamara (Arterton), who returns to the sleepy country village of her youth to sell her recently deceased mother’s home. She encounters a number of old acquaintances, such as best-selling author and serial love rat Nicholas Hardiment (Allam), his beleaguered wife Beth (Greig), local hunk Andy (Evans) and troublemaking teens Jody and Casey (Barden and Christie). Tamara also embarks on a romantic relationship with petulant rock star Ben (Cooper), much to Jody and Casey’s jealousy. Romantic entanglements and plenty of fornication ensue and the tangled lives of the villagers take turns for the humorous and, latterly, into darkness.
Despite her character’s monopoly on the film’s title, Arterton stars in what is very much an ensemble piece, In fact,...
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig, Roger Allam, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie | Written by Moira Buffini | Directed by Stephen Frears
Tamara Drewe concerns the titular Tamara (Arterton), who returns to the sleepy country village of her youth to sell her recently deceased mother’s home. She encounters a number of old acquaintances, such as best-selling author and serial love rat Nicholas Hardiment (Allam), his beleaguered wife Beth (Greig), local hunk Andy (Evans) and troublemaking teens Jody and Casey (Barden and Christie). Tamara also embarks on a romantic relationship with petulant rock star Ben (Cooper), much to Jody and Casey’s jealousy. Romantic entanglements and plenty of fornication ensue and the tangled lives of the villagers take turns for the humorous and, latterly, into darkness.
Despite her character’s monopoly on the film’s title, Arterton stars in what is very much an ensemble piece, In fact,...
- 3/27/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Looking to discover some of the best films of last year that might just have flown under your radar? Here’s our round-up…
General consensus seems to be that 2010 was a solid year for English-language films. But, as usual, there were an abundance of movies that didn't quite get the love they deserved.
Granted, our round-up this year kicks off with one that was a solid hit, but given that it's still managed to avoid many people's radar, we felt it deserved another push. As for the rest? Well, let's just say it's worth you digging out any of these...
10. Easy A
Okay, this one's cheating a bit. It was a solid box office hit and reaped a fair bit of acclaim. Yet, we're kicking off the list with it as it's also a film that's been overlooked by many who have pigeon-holed it without really giving it a chance.
General consensus seems to be that 2010 was a solid year for English-language films. But, as usual, there were an abundance of movies that didn't quite get the love they deserved.
Granted, our round-up this year kicks off with one that was a solid hit, but given that it's still managed to avoid many people's radar, we felt it deserved another push. As for the rest? Well, let's just say it's worth you digging out any of these...
10. Easy A
Okay, this one's cheating a bit. It was a solid box office hit and reaped a fair bit of acclaim. Yet, we're kicking off the list with it as it's also a film that's been overlooked by many who have pigeon-holed it without really giving it a chance.
- 1/12/2011
- Den of Geek
Gemma Aterton was a standout as Strawberry Fields in the last 007 film, Quantum Of Solace and now delivers a breakthrough lead performance in the new British comedy Tamara Drewe. Director Stephen Frears’ adaption of Posey Simmonds’ graphic novel (which is in turn was based on Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd) about a beauty who returns to her sleepy hometown to disrupts everyone’s life, presents a bucolic England of leaf-covered roads, rolling fields and thatched houses but Tamara Drewe has an edgy side and a dramatic climax that takes it in a dark and unexpected direction. Hugely enjoyable and not quite like anything else I’ve seen, this is certainly one of the best British films of the year.
Tamara Drewe takes place in the village of Ewedown, which has become a writers colony, a place for authors to relax, work and critique each other’s product.
Tamara Drewe takes place in the village of Ewedown, which has become a writers colony, a place for authors to relax, work and critique each other’s product.
- 12/17/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – There are some movies that are gut level great because of plot, atmosphere and pacing, and then there are movies like “Tamara Drewe,” which rely on the elusive star power of the performer to drive its engine. Gemma Arterton portrays the title character and lights up the screen with a vivid presence in this simple story of a woman’s homecoming.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Based on a British graphic novel, Tamara Drewe is about a woman who used to live in a small country village in the UK, who comes home to take care of selling the family home after her mother dies. Her arrival stirs the circumstance in the otherwise dull area, as she is interrelated to several of her fellow villagers by past relationships, and she brings in another yet another character who causes a couple teenagers in town to spy on her.
The story opens at a writers retreat in the same village.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Based on a British graphic novel, Tamara Drewe is about a woman who used to live in a small country village in the UK, who comes home to take care of selling the family home after her mother dies. Her arrival stirs the circumstance in the otherwise dull area, as she is interrelated to several of her fellow villagers by past relationships, and she brings in another yet another character who causes a couple teenagers in town to spy on her.
The story opens at a writers retreat in the same village.
- 10/23/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Journalist Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arteron) returns to the Dorset village she grew up in, a popular writers retreat. With a plan to sell her childhood home, matters become complicated when her childhood sweetheart, a rock drummer and an adulterous husband vie for her affections. Based on the comic strip by Posey Simmonds, the film adaptation has been described as a saucier version of the Archers but having never listened to the BBC Radio series, I went in with an open mind and emerged thinking I have not been missing out on much. It’s a very middle class affair, which I guess is supposed to be the point. American audiences may lap up the whimsical affair with polite Brits swearing up a storm. However for a home grown audience it has nothing to say and the laughs are not as easily forthcoming. The biggest problem with the film is tone.
- 9/20/2010
- by Michael Shelton
- t5m.com
Gemma Arterton's glamorous columnist shakes up a sleepy village in a skilful adaptation of Posy Simmonds's comic strip
Stephen Frears began his distinguished career working at George Devine's Royal Court, a theatre company devoted to new writing on contemporary themes. He then entered the cinema as an assistant to the leading directors of the British new wave, Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz, both dedicated to challenging the complacent, middle-class values they thought were stifling our cinema.
Following the Royal Court's original ethos, Frears always appears to have seen himself as the servant of the scripts he's undertaken, finding an appropriate style for the work in hand. Unlike his overly fastidious cinematic mentors, he's been prepared to undertake as wide a range of subjects and genres as the great studio professionals of Hollywood's golden age, men like Michael Curtiz and Henry Hathaway. But in films as superficially different as My Beautiful Laundrette,...
Stephen Frears began his distinguished career working at George Devine's Royal Court, a theatre company devoted to new writing on contemporary themes. He then entered the cinema as an assistant to the leading directors of the British new wave, Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz, both dedicated to challenging the complacent, middle-class values they thought were stifling our cinema.
Following the Royal Court's original ethos, Frears always appears to have seen himself as the servant of the scripts he's undertaken, finding an appropriate style for the work in hand. Unlike his overly fastidious cinematic mentors, he's been prepared to undertake as wide a range of subjects and genres as the great studio professionals of Hollywood's golden age, men like Michael Curtiz and Henry Hathaway. But in films as superficially different as My Beautiful Laundrette,...
- 9/11/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Gemma Arterton takes the title role in Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe. And, as Michael discovers, it's something of a treat...
It's been a prime year for left of centre comic adaptations, and Tamara Drewe continues the trend. Adapted from the serial by Posy Simmonds which initially appeared in The Guardian, the film stars Gemma Arterton as a bombshell journalist, who, returning to her rural Dorset hometown after success in London, kicks up a bit of an amorous storm.
Set in the fictional Dorsetshire village of Ewedon, the film opens with sun-drenched landscapes of rural exotica: shots of rolling fields, clumps of trees, and masses of livestock. Before long, a striking yellow Mini pulls up, pelted by eggs thrown by youngsters. Out steps Tamara, spitting at no-one in particular, "What a dump."
After her mother's death, she is back to sort out the house she left behind and soon becomes...
It's been a prime year for left of centre comic adaptations, and Tamara Drewe continues the trend. Adapted from the serial by Posy Simmonds which initially appeared in The Guardian, the film stars Gemma Arterton as a bombshell journalist, who, returning to her rural Dorset hometown after success in London, kicks up a bit of an amorous storm.
Set in the fictional Dorsetshire village of Ewedon, the film opens with sun-drenched landscapes of rural exotica: shots of rolling fields, clumps of trees, and masses of livestock. Before long, a striking yellow Mini pulls up, pelted by eggs thrown by youngsters. Out steps Tamara, spitting at no-one in particular, "What a dump."
After her mother's death, she is back to sort out the house she left behind and soon becomes...
- 9/9/2010
- Den of Geek
What a rainy night to be going out, and a strike too. Puts me off England completely; except forget lying in bed, get those clothes on and have a good laugh. If you are from England, and a certain class you will love Tamara Drewe. At last there may be somebody out there who can write comedy again, Moira Buffani, or at least direct it, Stephen Frears, helped along at speed by the brilliant composer Alexandre Desplat. I thought all was lost to childrens films and horror but no, thank goodness light hearted comedy is launched again in London. I hate The Archers, it is like Match Of The Day for me, but there is a huge following and this is as filthy and dirty an episode as you are going to find with a violent and justifiable ending to a big, puffed up bully. Posy Simmonds' wonderful cartoon...
- 9/7/2010
- by Amanda Eliasch
- t5m.com
Tamara Drewe
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig, Roger Allam, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie | Written by Moira Buffini | Directed by Stephen Frears
Tamara Drewe concerns the titular Tamara (Arterton), who returns to the sleepy country village of her youth to sell her recently deceased mother’s home. She encounters a number of old acquaintances, such as best-selling author and serial love rat Nicholas Hardiment (Allam), his beleaguered wife Beth (Greig), local hunk Andy (Evans) and troublemaking teens Jody and Casey (Barden and Christie). Tamara also embarks on a romantic relationship with petulant rock star Ben (Cooper), much to Jody and Casey’s jealousy. Romantic entanglements and plenty of fornication ensue and the tangled lives of the villagers take turns for the humorous and, latterly, into darkness.
Despite her character’s monopoly on the film’s title, Arterton stars in what is very much an ensemble piece, In fact,...
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig, Roger Allam, Luke Evans, Jessica Barden, Charlotte Christie | Written by Moira Buffini | Directed by Stephen Frears
Tamara Drewe concerns the titular Tamara (Arterton), who returns to the sleepy country village of her youth to sell her recently deceased mother’s home. She encounters a number of old acquaintances, such as best-selling author and serial love rat Nicholas Hardiment (Allam), his beleaguered wife Beth (Greig), local hunk Andy (Evans) and troublemaking teens Jody and Casey (Barden and Christie). Tamara also embarks on a romantic relationship with petulant rock star Ben (Cooper), much to Jody and Casey’s jealousy. Romantic entanglements and plenty of fornication ensue and the tangled lives of the villagers take turns for the humorous and, latterly, into darkness.
Despite her character’s monopoly on the film’s title, Arterton stars in what is very much an ensemble piece, In fact,...
- 9/7/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
When Hollywood stars were taking a break on Labor Day, some British actors spent the day promoting their film. On Monday, September 6, the cast of "Tamara Drewe" attended the U.K. premiere of the movie at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London. To fit the set of the movie which is a countryside, red carpet rolled outside the building was placed among fake grass and cattle.
Gemma Arterton, who lures men in the film, was still charming in a different way that night. She ditched her make-up to show a natural look with a simple cream dress. On the red carpet, she talked about her title character who is described undergoing plastic surgery, explaining "She's a little bit saucy and a bit promiscuous, but it was fun playing her."
Also supporting the premiere were cast members Lois Winstone, Charlotte Christie, Tamsin Greig, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Roger Allam, director...
Gemma Arterton, who lures men in the film, was still charming in a different way that night. She ditched her make-up to show a natural look with a simple cream dress. On the red carpet, she talked about her title character who is described undergoing plastic surgery, explaining "She's a little bit saucy and a bit promiscuous, but it was fun playing her."
Also supporting the premiere were cast members Lois Winstone, Charlotte Christie, Tamsin Greig, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Roger Allam, director...
- 9/7/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Stephen Frears's adaptation of the Posy Simmonds comic strip is like the filthiest possible episode of The Archers
Like the filthiest possible feature-length episode of The Archers, and with a tiny conceptual dash of Straw Dogs, Posy Simmonds's graphic novel series Tamara Drewe has been converted into a fantastically mad and undeniably entertaining bucolic romp, which got big laughs at the screening I attended, along with gasps and winces at its operatically violent ending.
Screenwriter Moira Buffini and director Stephen Frears have created a very English pastoral based on an interesting proposition: the countryside is not the sweet, picturesque place imagined by townies, but a seething hellhole of moral turpitude, where people will commit deplorable acts out of sheer resentment and boredom.
The star is Gemma Arterton as Tamara, who was once an ugly-duckling teenager with an enormous nose in the dull country village of Ewedown. But now,...
Like the filthiest possible feature-length episode of The Archers, and with a tiny conceptual dash of Straw Dogs, Posy Simmonds's graphic novel series Tamara Drewe has been converted into a fantastically mad and undeniably entertaining bucolic romp, which got big laughs at the screening I attended, along with gasps and winces at its operatically violent ending.
Screenwriter Moira Buffini and director Stephen Frears have created a very English pastoral based on an interesting proposition: the countryside is not the sweet, picturesque place imagined by townies, but a seething hellhole of moral turpitude, where people will commit deplorable acts out of sheer resentment and boredom.
The star is Gemma Arterton as Tamara, who was once an ugly-duckling teenager with an enormous nose in the dull country village of Ewedown. But now,...
- 5/18/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The second film of today’s viewing schedule saw me taking my seat to watch Stephen Frears’ newest offering Tamara Drewe, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds (which had run as a comic strip in the Guardian), which itself was an adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd, in a modern, round-about way. Not exactly typical Stephen Frears fare by any means- the man who has brought one of the most diverse personal canons of work for public consumption has recently taken the plaudits for far more serious projects, though he has never wavered in his ability to draw characters, and offer superb visuals.
Those visuals, shot in Dorset (which Frears apparently consciously envisaged as a “new Provence” for the film) are remarkably reminiscent of spirit of the French New Wave of Godard, Truffaut and Chabrol, a visual homage that is also picked up in the somewhat...
Those visuals, shot in Dorset (which Frears apparently consciously envisaged as a “new Provence” for the film) are remarkably reminiscent of spirit of the French New Wave of Godard, Truffaut and Chabrol, a visual homage that is also picked up in the somewhat...
- 5/17/2010
- by Simon Gallagher
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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