The Boy in the Dress
The Boy in the Dress
| 26 December 2014 (USA)
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Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left. However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?

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ManiakJiggy

This is How Movies Should Be Made

Lumsdal

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Stevecorp

Don't listen to the negative reviews

KnotStronger

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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Prismark10

Based on David Walliams children's book, The Boy in the Dress is a film with a subversive message about the celebration of diversity.Young Dennis is an ordinary schoolboy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street. Apart from the fact that his mum left them leaving his dad to raise Dennis and his brother single handedly.Dennis is good at football although the school captain does not appreciate his sporting skills. However Dennis likes fashion, haute couture. He buys fashion magazines as it brings colour to his life.Helped by Lisa a fellow pupil who is always in trouble at school for breaching the uniform policy. Dennis transforms to a visiting french pupil, Denise as he shows up to school in a dress and turns head.However it is not long before Denise is exposed at school, the strict headmaster is less than pleased with his shenanigans and gross breach of the school uniform policy.The Boy in the Dress is a pleasant whimsical film, with many trademark plot points that we have now come to expect from David Walliams adaptations. Some grotesque characters such as the headmaster, Raj the shopkeeper and a father who is doing his best but all at sea being a single father.

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studioAT

Adaptations of the children's books by David Walliams have become a sort of fixture of the Christmas TV schedules, and this was the third of these.I enjoyed the first one 'Mr Stink', but I found this one to be a little dull if I'm honest. It has its moments, and the message behind it is good, but I didn't find the cast to be as full of big names as previous adaptations, and crucially for only an hour film, it dragged.The lad playing Dennis does well and he is ably supported by the always fun James Buckley as a PE teacher and Harish Patel as Raj. I didn't find Jennifer Saunders role particularly funny at all though.It is a well made adaptation though, and well worth watching on DVD.

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Neil Welch

Young Dennis has discovered that he likes wearing dresses. This makes him an object of ridicule at school and elsewhere.Based on a children's book by actor David Walliams (whose own proclivities for dressing in womens clothing are well recorded), this is a rather subversive story pitched at questioning the easy acceptance of gender stereotyping - or, perhaps more accurately, the too-ready denial of anything which challenges such stereotyping. As such, it is something of a surprise to find this surfacing as a family film on TV in the middle of the holiday season.But it is good. It is bright, cheerful, very funny, and delivers a worthwhile lesson without overstating its case.I recommend it.

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bazmitch23

Out of all the books David Walliams has written, "The Boy In The Dress" is my favourite. However, some things work better on page than on screen.The book had a lot great material that you can't cram into a one hour feature. Maybe in a two part mini series. That was the way it was done back in the good ol' 90's. And it worked perfectly. There was so much of what made the book so great that didn't get into this feature. In the book we get to know more about Dennis coping with his parents' split, his love for dressing up in women's clothes and my fave character Mac, a boy who can't stop eating.This feature had none of those and it just feels flat.Also none of the jokes in this film were funny. All of the big names ad-lib and try their best but fail. Walliams himself has a cameo as a camp ref. Nothing that this character does is even the slightest bit funny.The book is miles better and actually funnier too. Do yourself a favour and get a copy. Also get the audio book performed by Walliams and Matt Lucas. Their performances in that are better than the ones in this film.

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