Tamara Drewe (2010)

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers:

Moira Buffini (screenplay), Posy Simmonds (graphic novel)

Stars:

Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gemma Arterton	...	Tamara Drewe
Roger Allam	...	Nicholas Hardiment
Bill Camp	...	Glen McCreavy
Dominic Cooper	...	Ben Sergeant
Luke Evans	...	Andy Cobb
Tamsin Greig	...	Beth Hardiment
Jessica Barden	...	Jody Long
Charlotte Christie	...	Casey Shaw
James Naughtie	...	Interviewer
John Bett	...	Diggory
Josie Taylor	...	Zoe
Bronagh Gallagher	...	Eustacia
Pippa Haywood	...	Tess
Susan Wooldridge	...	Penny Upminster
Amanda Lawrence	...	Mary

Storyline

Once the ugly duckling in the Dorset village of Ewedown, Tamara Drewe returns to sell her late mother's house, now a glamorous journalist with a life-changing nose job. She awakens feelings in sexy old flame, Andy, the decent odd job man at pretentious author Nicholas Hardiment's writers' school and in Nicholas himself, a serial philanderer who cheats on his loyal wife Beth. But Tamara has a new man in her life, Ben, an obnoxious rock drummer whose marriage proposal she accepts, to the dismay of local girl - and Ben's biggest fan - Jody. Jody's efforts to sabotage the engagement lead to Tamara, on the rebound and finding Andy in the arms of another, allowing Nicholas to have his wicked way with her, and also allowing it to be photographed and sent to a distraught Beth. Beth's secret admirer, American writer Glen, confronts Nicholas out in the fields, but Ben's dog Boss has got loose and has caused a local farmer's cattle to stampede towards them, an event which will shape the futures ...

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Plot Keywords:

writer | drummer | house | childhood home | e mail | 

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Taglines:

A comedy about sex, love and a nose job...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

El regreso de Tamara Drewe

Filming Locations:

Dorset, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,604 (USA) (8 October 2010)

Gross:

$560,101 (USA) (11 March 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ruby Films, BBC Films, Notting Hill Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min 109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is based on a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, which itself is based on a Thomas Hardy novel.

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Goofs

When the writers at the writers' retreat are typing their books, their keystrokes obviously have nothing to do with the text that is going through their heads.

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Quotes

Glen McCreavy: Why does the asshole always get the girl?

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Red (2010)

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Soundtracks

"This is a low"
Written by Benjamin Todd and Nathan Cooper
Performed by SWIPE
Published by Copyright Control

User Reviews

A fine and thoughtful English comedy

London columnist Tamara Drewe (Gemma Aterton) reappears in a small and isolated village in the English countryside. She wants to sell her parents' house and interview a rock star. Soon enough, three males fall for the young and very attractive woman : romance novelist and cheating husband Nicholas Hardiment (Roger Allam), rock star Ben Sargeant (Dominic Cooper) and past boyfriend Andy Cobb (Luke Evans). While her house is being renovated by Andy, Tamara writes her own novel and enjoys Ben's company. Little does she know that teenager Jody Long (Jessica Barden) is scheming to come closer to the rock star. In the course of a year, each character will find out that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".

Don't expect an in-depth / social demonstration on city dwellers vs. villagers. This is a brilliant and funny comedy where each character's selfish motives and agenda are gradually exposed. "Writers are just thieves and liars" quotes Nicholas blissfully, more careful to please his paying guests than to pay attention to his devoted wife Beth (Tamsin Greig).

The actors are doing a fine job and there is a good chemistry between them. There are no dull moments since there are three main story lines : Tamara and Ben, her neighbors Nicholas and Beth, the mischievous teenagers. These two girls however tend to steal the show as they are so gross, unashamed and reckless !