By ARI SILBER Contributing Writer
Generally, the films of Stephen Frears (“High Fidelity, The Queen”) are treasured works of drama or comedy, but in the case of his latest, Tamara Drewe, there is only so much lyrical whimsy the audience can take. Tamara (Gemma Arterton) returns to her quaint English hometown to reacquaint herself with gaggle of eccentric characters and how much she has changed while they haven’t. Had the movie been cut by about a half an hour, the unique sensibilities of the setting and its denizens would have been more tolerable. C
Ari Silber is a Loyola MBA student. Before graduate school, he worked for nine years in the Los Angeles film industry, focusing on marketing, publicity and distribution.
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