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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
1,788 audience votes
Key crew
- Jocelyn MoorhouseScreenplay
- Jocelyn MoorhouseDirector
- David HirschfelderOriginal Music Composer
- P.J. HoganScreenplay
Cast
- Kate WinsletMyrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
- Liam HemsworthTeddy McSwiney
- Caroline GoodallElsbeth Beaumont
- Judy DavisMolly Dunnage
- Hayley MagnusPrudence
- Hugo WeavingSergeant Farrat
- Sarah SnookGertrude "Trudy" Pratt
- Kerry FoxBeulah Harridiene
- Shane JacobsonAlvin Pratt
- Rebecca GibneyMuriel Pratt
- James MackayWilliam Beaumont
- Gyton GrantleyBarney McSwiney
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Themes
australiasmall townbased on novel or booksuppressed pastdark comedybullyingexiledressmakerrevengeaccidental deathhouse firehometown