A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
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- 3 wins & 3 nominations
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- TriviaIn addition to being loosely based on a novel by Thomas Hardy, including a character who is writing a book about Hardy, and having a photograph of Hardy prominently displayed in one scene, the location filming was done in Dorset, where most of Hardy's novels are set - "Wessex" being a thinly fictionalized Dorset. The small ad for the writers' retreat that appears at the beginning of the film is also headed with the title of the novel: "Far from the Madding Crowd".
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Alternate versionsThe version of the film released at the Cannes Film Festival 2010 and in France theatrically and on DVD differs from the theatrical version released worldwide. The differences are the changing of a line in a scene between Jody and Casey in Tamara's bedroom as Jody comments on Tamara being "a lucky c***", instead of "a lucky cow", and also with the inclusion of explanatory captions at the close of the film elaborating on events which take place after the film's timeline:
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- "Hardy's Aphrodite" by Dr. Glen McCreavy MFA, PhD received rave reviews. It only sold 6,002 copies.
- Tamara Drewe's forthcoming novel (about a writers' retreat) has already been optioned for a movie.
- After a spell in rehab, Ben Sergeant wrote five tracks for his new album, including stellar hit "Jail-Bait Jody".
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksThe 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.
Featured review
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 !
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 !
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- Also known as
- El regreso de Tamara Drewe
- Filming locations
- Salwayash, Dorset, England, UK(Stonefield)
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- Budget
- £8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $560,391
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,604
- Oct 10, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $12,037,973
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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