Tamara Drewe
- 2010 film
Film adapted from the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds about a newspaper writer who returns to her childhood home in the country. Stars Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and more.
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Go mild in the country
A cameo by James Naughtie, accents that make the Wurzels sound like Joyce Grenfell, enough Cath Kidston florals to choke a dray horse: Tamara Drewe couldn't do more to tickle the fancy of its middle-Britain target audience if it took every last one of them on holiday to Tuscany.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 9th September 2010Tamara Drewe Review: Cracking Countryside Comedy
Tamara Drewe plays out like a filthy episode of Midsomer Murders, as if the characters had taken leave of their senses and started bonking behind hedgerows instead.
Jez Sands, On The Box, 9th September 2010Tamara Drewe, review
Gemma Arterton stars in Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe, a tart but essentially bucolic romp in Dorset.
Sukhdev Sandhu, The Telegraph, 9th September 2010British comedy shows the countryside's dark side
City dwellers often imagine the English countryside to be a rural idyll, tranquil of pace and leafy of hedge. According to new film Tamara Drewe, however, it is the location for "a filthy version of The Archers".
Emma Jones, BBC News, 7th September 2010Video: Arterton 'didn't like' Tamara Drewe character
Star of Tamara Drewe Gemma Arterton has said she did not want to play the character, because "I didn't like her" - but director Stephen Frears convinced her.
The film also features Tamsin Grieg and Dominic Cooper - who caused a stir among his younger co-stars, with Jessica Barden saying he was "hot in this film... but it's embarrassing to admit it".
BBC News, 7th September 2010Tamara Drewe and the lure & illusion of cinema tourism
As the Dorset-based film Tamara Drewe hits cinema screens around Britain, Max Davidson considers the draw of tracking down film locations.
Max Davidson, The Telegraph, 4th September 2010Middle earth: Interview with Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig is very familiar with everyday stories of country folk after spending nearly 20 years as Debbie Aldridge in radio's The Archers. Now she's down on the farm once more, this time on the big screen in her first major film role.
The Northern Echo, 3rd September 2010Stephen Frears on 'Tamara Drewe' and a life in film
From My Beautiful Laundrette to The Queen via Dangerous Liaisons, the director Stephen Frears has proved himself the master of switching genres. His latest film, Tamara Drewe, finds him on yet another tack.
Mick Brown, The Telegraph, 27th August 2010Review: Tamara Drewe
Stephen Frears's adaptation of the Posy Simmonds comic strip is like the filthiest possible episode of The Archers.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17th May 2010