Tamara Drewe

Tamara Drewe is the excellent new film by veteran director, Stephen Frears (The Queen and Cheri). Frears makes films that defy pigeonholing him into a single style. Tamare Drewe is an adaptation of Guardian cartoonist, Posy Simmonds graphic novel of the same name. It follows the story of the protagonist, Tamara Drewe who has come back to her native English village in rural Dorset after becoming a successful journalist in London, and having a nose job to rid of her of the large nose she had a child. She is now a sophisticated and beautiful young woman and has suitors vying for her attention. The original graphic novel was loosely based on Far from the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy. What transpires upon Tamara's return is a comedy of manners and satire of the English middle classes in the 21st century. The amusing story is hastened along by two bored, mischievous adolescent village girls who spy on Tamara, make commentary, and upon whose interventions puts into a action a set of comic yet also tragic events. This is a really clever film, and the actors are perfect for all of the roles, and in fact resemble the characters in the original graphic novel.
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