Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth star in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s anticipated return,pitched between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoonLiam and Chris Hemsworth at The Dressmaker premiere – in picturesGuardian Australia film club in Adelaide – book your tickets nowJocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director’s chair with a wiggle dress and a powder keg after almost two decades for The Dressmaker – a loud, batty, and fancy-frocked,sashed-and-stockinged revenge legend pitched somewhere between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
The film-maker’s adaptation of author Rosalie Ham’s much-loved debut novel of the same name embraces its murky humour and runs with it all the way to the morgue. Moorhouse stitches together a occupy-down of one of Australian cinema’s well-worn legend outfits: the tale of someone returning to the small town community they grew up in and dealing with baggage left behind. In this instance the drama is less about healing obsolete wounds than sending obsolete grievances to kingdom come.
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Source: theguardian.com