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The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker (2016)

September. 23,2016
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| Drama Comedy Western

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.

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Jeanskynebu
2016/09/23

the audience applauded

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Micitype
2016/09/24

Pretty Good

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XoWizIama
2016/09/25

Excellent adaptation.

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Aiden Melton
2016/09/26

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Weeksmarissa
2016/09/27

Amazing movie! Different. Captivating. Hilarious. Visually pleasing. Loved it from start to finish. Bravo!

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bregund
2016/09/28

One false note and the whole thing collapses. Typically, scripts are edited and re-edited until your eyes fall out, and then re-edited some more. To draw you in, everything should be plausible and believable: Believable characters, believable storylines, believable situations. This film managed to keep its balls in the air until 1/3 of the way through, when our zaftig, middle-aged heroine waddles into the middle of a rugby game and distracts the players with a cocktail dress. More than likely these men would have been puzzled by the incongruity, not smitten with desire for a woman old enough to be their aunt. Okay, one sour note in the storyline, I guess I can keep watching. Then along comes the playground scene. Tilly begs her schoolmate not to tell where she's hiding. Come on, man. This is a town of not more than thirty people in the middle of nowhere, how in the world can she expect to keep hiding indefinitely? It makes zero sense. You people who automatically rated this film ten stars just because it stars Kate Winslet should have your head examined.

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ElliesWonder
2016/09/29

I want to watch a movie with logical epitases, and obviously, this movie goes so far. Over exaggeration and black humor, it is impractical, makes no sense to me, difficult for audiences to put themselves into character's shoes. All I can see are only lacking logic, pathological characters, and exaggerated crimes and vanities. I believe everything should happen for a reason, I can't see a good purpose from this work. No idea why would someone making such a fuss about an imaginary illness. Maximumly zoom and disclose the dark side of humanity? However according to statistics, and the law of averages, I believe good and bad are equal, mostly good take more advantage because many people like to act well. So the movie is isolated from the reality.Besides, who gives the dressmaker the right to judge and punish people? Who she thinks she is? An escaped criminal arsonist, no wonder she has troubled records.Lastly, stay away from someone you don't like, there is no need to go back to them.

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blanche-2
2016/09/30

...but in the case of Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) a few things need to be straightened out.Thus, the stunning Tilly returns to her home in Dungatar, Australia, back to her alcoholic mother (Judy Davis) who acts like she doesn't remember her and is thought of as the town slut, and back to a town that considers Tilly herself a murderer. Tilly cleans her mother's house and throws the woman in a tub, and then tries to find out what happened fifteen years ago that caused her to be sent away. It is believed by the town that she killed Stewart Pettyman when they were both children. Why can't she remember it?Now a designer in Paris, Tilly soon attracts a clientele of local women who love her chic designs. She also attracts Teddy McSwiney (Liam Hemsworth), the town hunk.Slowly, Tilly finds out the town's secrets, which include a cross- dressing sheriff (Hugo Weaving). He's the least of it.This is a story of redemption and revenge, deliciously told by director Jocelyn Moorhouse and her dynamite cast. Everyone, including the town's old biddies, are wonderful. Sarah Snook, as the impossibly homely Trudy, gets one of the all-time makeovers and is a sight to behold.A few cultural references that weren't quite right: The film appears to take place in 1950 - Tilly, Teddy, and her mother Molly go to see Sunset Boulevard. However, they listen to the soundtrack of South Pacific from 1958 and OKlahoma from 1955. So when the film takes place is anybody's guess - I didn't read the book.All in all, a mixture of dark comedy and drama that is ultimately satisfying. Tilly proves that revenge is a dish best served cold, even in Australia's hot climate.

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