Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kate Winslet | ... | Tilly Dunnage | |
Judy Davis | ... | Molly Dunnage | |
Liam Hemsworth | ... | Teddy McSwiney | |
Hugo Weaving | ... | Sergeant Farrat | |
Julia Blake | ... | Irma Almanac | |
Shane Bourne | ... | Evan Pettyman | |
Kerry Fox | ... | Beulah Harridiene | |
Rebecca Gibney | ... | Muriel Pratt | |
Caroline Goodall | ... | Elsbeth Beaumont | |
Gyton Grantley | ... | Barney McSwiney | |
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Tracy Harvey | ... | Lois Pickett |
Sacha Horler | ... | Una Pleasance | |
Shane Jacobson | ... | Alvin Pratt | |
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Geneviève Lemon | ... | Mae McSwiney |
James Mackay | ... | William Beaumont |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture. Written by Sue Maslin
This movie is like a patchwork, little by little you get the whole picture, a really fine piece of work, Kate Winslet is great, Judy Davis simply brilliant, not to mention Hugo Weaving's performance, outstanding, I enjoyed every minute, never underestimate a woman, revenge is a dish best served cold, well in this particular case, sewed, you don't get it at the beginning, why is she dressed like this and what is she doing in such a forsaken place, not wanted at all, starting by her mother, than the battle begins, with a sewing machine (a Singer), determination and a lot of talent, a few golf club's, and the whole place is headlong, word for word, fasten your seat belt, this is going to be one kind of a ride