Rotten
"The Dressmaker" is only sew-sew.
Stephen Whitty, New York Daily News
The Dressmaker
Revenge is back in fashion.
2015 · 1h 58m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Overview
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Director and cast
- Jocelyn Moorhouse Director
- Kate Winslet as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
- Liam Hemsworth as Teddy McSwiney
- Caroline Goodall as Elsbeth Beaumont
- Judy Davis as Molly Dunnage
- Hayley Magnus as Prudence
- Hugo Weaving as Sergeant Farrat
- Sarah Snook as Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt
- Kerry Fox as Beulah Harridiene
- Shane Jacobson Cast
- Rebecca Gibney Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Moorhouse's adaptation of Rosalie Ham's 2000 novel may lead audiences to expect a primmer, more well-behaved movie based on its title alone, but that doesn't mean it won't have them in stitches.
Justin Chang, Variety
Fresh
Little here "works" in any traditional sense of that word, but the film boasts enough manic energy and straight-up weirdness to keep you entertained before overstaying its welcome in the final act.
Jon Frosch, Hollywood Reporter
More films
The Mysterious Miss C. (2002)
Comedy · Drama · Family · N/A
An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Director
- Richard Ciupka
- Cast
- Marie-Chantal Perron, Gildor Roy, Eve Lemieux
IMDb
6.5
Utopia (2003)
Drama · N/A
Adrian (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a young man who has spent years running away from himself, constantly changing city and work, looking for people to relate to the least possible and all for one reason: he has the ability to see things that have not yet occurred, is a precog. He learned it when he anticipated the death of his parents and ...
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Director
- María Ripoll
- Cast
- Leonardo Sbaraglia, Najwa Nimri, Tchéky Karyo
IMDb
5.2
In Her Skin (2009)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Simone North
- Cast
- Guy Pearce, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto
IMDb
6.4
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1984)
Comedy · N/A
A bachelor named Faun with a Don Juan complex, seized with a hypochondriac's fear of the ineluctable approach of death, enters a race against time's passage. Faun's sexual love is imbued with the narcissistic vanity of a self-satisfied bacchant who even towards old age can't manage to forgo his lifelong pose as an irresistable seducer ...
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Director
- Věra Chytilová
- Cast
- Leoš Suchařípa, Libuše Pospíšilová, Vlasta Špicnerová
IMDb
7.0
Vital Signs (2009)
Drama · N/A
After losing a loved one, Simone decides to volunteer in a hospital and spends her days with terminally ill patients. However, other parts of her life soon begin to suffer as well.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Director
- Sophie Deraspe
- Cast
- Marie-Hélène Bellavance, Francis Ducharme, Suzanne St-Michel
IMDb
6.3
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
IMDb
4.2
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
IMDb
4.5
Comments
Talk about the film with other members