
The Independent journalist Tamara Drewe returns to Dorset, Ewedown, to sell the Winnard Farm that belonged to her deceased mother. Her neighbor Beth Hardiment runs a writers retreat with her unfaithful and womanizer husband Nicholas Hardiment who is a successful writer of Inchcombe adventures and cheats on Beth every now and then with younger women. Tamara was the sweetheart of the handyman Andy Cobb, whose family owned the Winnard Farm but lost it to Tamara's family, and whe... (Full plot summary below)
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The Independent journalist Tamara Drewe returns to Dorset, Ewedown, to sell the Winnard Farm that belonged to her deceased mother. Her neighbor Beth Hardiment runs a writers retreat with her unfaithful and womanizer husband Nicholas Hardiment who is a successful writer of Inchcombe adventures and cheats on Beth every now and then with younger women. Tamara was the sweetheart of the handyman Andy Cobb, whose family owned the Winnard Farm but lost it to Tamara's family, and when she sees him, she rekindles her love for him. However, when Tamara travels to interview the unpleasant drummer of the Swipe band Ben Sergeant, he has just found that his girlfriend Fran is having an affair with the other musician Steven Culley and he breaks up with the band. Tamara and Ben have a love affair and Ben moves to Winnard. Meanwhile, Ben's teenager fan Jody Long and her best friend Casey Shaw who are bored in Ewedown feel happy with the presence of Ben in the village. When Ben proposes to Tamara, they travel to London to spend a couple of days in the big city. Meanwhile, the jealous Casey breaks in Tamara's house and uses her computer to send an e-mail pretending to be Tamara that will change the lives of the dwellers and end in a tragedy.
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| News of the WorldRobbie CollinA bra-popping, trouser-dropping, sex-in-the-sticks romp that plays out like Hugh Hefner jack-knifed a Viagra lorry into the Archers' water supply. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeObserved with keen wit and a wicked sense of humor that's never utterly cruel, since it's impossible not to conclude that Frears can't help but like these absurd characters. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertGo through your mental checklist of what you want in a romantic comedy-drama: novel plotting, characters to care about, witty dialogue, bull's-eye casting, nimble direction, green and pleasant locales, a lack of falling-in-love montages. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceA more fertile field for arch cultural satire one could not hope to find. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Jeff Meyers...just as you get your hopes up that the literary class will be deservedly skewered, they're dashed on the rocks of a screwball romantic comedy that seems so convinced of its high-brow pedigree that it forgets to be funny - or romantic. |
| NPRElla TaylorOn its own terms, Tamara Drewe is a hugely exuberant black comedy, unfolding over four scenic seasons at a writer's retreat set in a rose-strewn village overrun by city bobos in search of authenticity. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTamara Drewe is one of those British comedies in which, one way or another, we envy all of the characters. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhile Tamara Drew is enjoyable throughout-right up to its loony, loony ending-it's more than a little scattered. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderIt's a fine diversion filled with silly people following their silly desires. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martinmeandering, slack-key movie based on a graphic novel ... an enjoyably forgettable experience that glides over you like a maddeningly inane Europop song. |