Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth star in a batty,fancy-frocked revenge story pitched between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoonJocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director’s chair with a wiggle dress and a powder keg after nearly two decades for The Dressmaker – a loud, batty, and fancy-frocked,sashed-and-stockinged revenge story pitched somewhere between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
The film-maker’s adaptation of author Rosalie Hams much-loved debut novel of the same name embraces its dark humour and runs with it all the way to the morgue. Moorhouse stitches together a purchase-down of one of Australian cinema’s well-worn story 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 traditional wounds than sending traditional grievances to kingdom arrive.
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Source: theguardian.com