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The Dresser (1983)

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Summary: An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear. (imdb)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Directed By: Peter Yates
Written By: Ronald Harwood
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na carpuzz
70
T7
na Warren
88
T9
na billkerwin
88
T8
Courtenay and Finney are both wonderful in this, and the screenplay--like the original play--gives each many opportunities to shine.
na ecalder
34
T1
na miss jesus
62
T6
There are quite a few excellent scenes in this, but somehow it never congealed into an excellent film for me. I certainly can't fault the writing or the performances; it's more that a drama about the ugly end of sanity, love and civility during the war didn't particularly enrich my life--I spent the running time feeling terrible and frustrated for Norman, and then felt disappointed at the end when I found out why he and Madge stayed. It felt cheap.
na Holygrail2
91
T8
na IMDb-byvotes
75
T7
na Timon88
69
T6
na schnofel
20
T1
na empire434
74
T7
na flowing
79
T8
na never1and
70
T7
na Theodora
90
T9
na chiphall72
88
T9
na gleipnir
75
T7
na winds
5
T6
na SirRobbie
70
T6
It is a battle between two great actors. I can't decide which one was better.
na screentime
81
T9
na JooJoo
6
T6
na Enygma
70
T4
na glumpy_99
85
T6
Fine, low-key drama with two equally great performances at the forefront from Finney and Courtenay, whose character arcs were both heartbreaking in their own ways. Even more fascinating though is the very vivid recreation of life behind the scenes of the theatre world; especially loved the creation of the Lear storm sequence and supporting performance by Eileen Atkins. Interesting that this very restrained film would come from BULLITT director Peter Yates! Train station sequence also memorable.
na Zoltan
75
T8
na Serigala
70
T8
na avgcrtckr
67
T7
na pzingg
88
T6
na DougieD
90
T8
na gaussndahaus
82
T10
na Antares
84
T9
na rant1229
60
T5
na rollsroyce
37
T2
na HKnight
100
T9
na VivaLuis
90
T7
na redmdb
86
T4
na Islandia
7
T9
na oalerabelo
85
T7
na anime salve
87
T6
na imdb
76
T9
na ntndeacon
84
T9
na Darbicus
75
T8
na moeta2
91
T9
na jsnruf
60
T6
na daveylow
75
T6
na RPMcMurphy
71
T8
na AntoniusB
60
T8
na Dale
60
T4
na mmccourt
85
T6
na penguin
75
T8
na winbran
94
T10
na spacekraken
74
T3
na KungFuDolly
2
T2
na Madstone
82
T3
na Scarface
75
T8
na 0012
80
T5
na lucky1
80
T6
na coot
77
T8
na Sapphire
45
T2
na pepe1958
85
T8
na Tizzy
70
T6
na djross
70
T7
Score based on distant memory.
na TheDiceman
70
T9
Excellent.
na filmaffinity
70
T8
na experimental
79
T5
na the_censor
0
T6
na Gody85
67
T9
na kangadoodoo
55
T4
na volver
45
T3
na jaybrennan
90
T8
na laika
86
T9
na wolfe41
90
T9
na mike615
81
T10
na welike
30
T7
na RNG
70
T8
na Stain
60
T5
I know perfectly well I'm supposed to love this but somehow it just doesn't grab me. Love that bit at the train station, though
na kogepanic
85
T10
Average Tier 6.77 from 74 Rankings rss