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:

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

Stars:

Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper

3 wins & 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

The Independent journalist Tamara Drewe returns to Dorset, Ewedown, to sell the Winnard Farm that belonged to her deceased mother. Her neighbor Beth Hardiment runs a writers retreat with her unfaithful and womanizer husband Nicholas Hardiment who is a successful writer of Inchcombe adventures and cheats on Beth every now and then with younger women. Tamara was the sweetheart of the handyman Andy Cobb, whose family owned the Winnard Farm but lost it to Tamara's family, and when she sees him, she rekindles her love for him. However, when Tamara travels to interview the unpleasant drummer of the Swipe band Ben Sergeant, he has just found that his girlfriend Fran is having an affair with the other musician Steven Culley and he breaks up with the band. Tamara and Ben have a love affair and Ben moves to Winnard. Meanwhile, Ben's teenager fan Jody Long and her best friend Casey Shaw who are bored in Ewedown feel happy with the presence of Ben in the village. When Ben proposes to Tamara, they...

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Plot Keywords:

scantily clad female | lust | hot pants | underwear | bare butt | 

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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:

Tamara Drewe

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,604, 10 October 2010

Gross USA:

$560,391

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,037,973

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ruby Films, BBC Films, Notting Hill Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Andrea Arnold was offered the chance to direct the film. When she turned down the offer, Stephen Frears signed on.

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Goofs

When Jody is sending her second email, the screen shows "Message Sent" before she hits a key to send the message.

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Quotes

Tamara Drewe: You know, before I had the nose job I had no problem being taken seriously. Maybe, when they removed that bit of cartilage they pulled out my brain by mistake.

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Alternate Versions

The UK version is edited to obtain a 15 rating, and these changes appear to have been incorporated into all release prints (aside from the French versions mentioned above). Two uses of the 'c' word were removed outright to avoid an 18 rating, leaving only one mouthed use of the word, which was obscured by a sound effect.

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 9 September 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

The Fear
Written by Lily Allen (as Lily Rose Allen) and Greg Kurstin (as Gregory Kurstin) © 2008
Performed by Lily Allen
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Limited
Licensed courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.

User Reviews

rom-com chaos

Former ugly duckling Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton) returns to the village to sell her late mother's house. She rekindles feelings in former love handyman Andy Cobb. Andy works at the writers retreat of Nicholas Hardiment. Smug writer Nicholas is cheating on his wife Beth and she finds out. Tamara immediately catches everyone's attention as the men recall her with her big nose. She's a columnist and has an interview with obnoxious rock drummer Ben Sergeant. They get together and she accepts his offhanded marriage proposal. Andy is jealous. Restless local teens Jody and Casey are Ben fanatics and want Ben for themselves. Jody sends an email from Tamara's account and chaos ensues.

Director Stephen Frears creates a fluffy chaotic romantic comedy. The comedy is dark and light. This is a criss-cross of light and dark intents. There are some fun turns by these actors. Jessica Barden is memorable as the bratty teen. The kids are like crazy fairies interfering with the love affairs of the villagers. Gemma Arterton is the perfect heart breaker and broken heart. Roger Allam is such a creep and a charming one at that.