![]() These aren’t the only men who catch her eye, and vice-versa. Old boyfriend Andy (Luke Evans) comes knocking, but Tamara seems to prefer rising indie rocker Ben (Dominic Cooper). She’s come home to settle her real estate holdings, but more than a For Sale sign is being pounded into her lawn. A stint in London and a nose job have rendered her a confident and conquering hottie, with hot pants to match. Local girl Tamara Drewe used to be the ugly duckling (paging Hans Christian Andersen). Except to say that Leigh usually does better with material like this than does Frears.įrears and screenwriter Moira Buffini (working from Posy Simmonds’ graphic novel) take us to the English village of Ewedown, a place that time has forgotten, but not those with a pen in hand and fire in their loins. With its large cast and meandering story, it seems more like a Mike Leigh film than one by Stephen Frears, which isn’t meant as a knock on either esteemed gent. When Tamara Drewe returns to the rustic village of her youth transformed by a. Gemma Arterton is the title temptress, back from London to her rural village, exciting a philandering novelist, a swaggering rocker and the local livestock. Purchase Tamara Drewe on digital and stream instantly or download offline. ![]() 14AĪ bucolic, bed-hopping ramble by Stephen Frears, adapting the Brit graphic novel that makes hay with Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd. Starring Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper and Luke Evans.
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