Did you people see the same film I saw?

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The first must-see film of the year.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I just finished watching the Dresser and I found it to be very theatrical. I was very pleased with all the acting and the emotions all through the film. The story it self is very heart feeling. The actors were so believable to their place. I also enjoy the music that came with the acting. There were some very small funny parts that had me truly laughing. It brought me into a world of ones passion for the art of play. The colorful film by all means had me focus on the story. Great film and act.

It's WWII Britain in the midst of the Blitz. Sir (Albert Finney) is bombastic tyrannical head of a Shakespearean theater group. They are a touring group performing King Lear. Norman (Tom Courtenay) is his long-suffering effeminate assistant, the dresser. Sir shows deteriorating mental abilities and Norman struggles to help him.I really don't like any of the characters. The world is burning and all they care about is their play. It starts off annoyingly with Sir halting a train in the middle of the war. There are ways to make it funny and likable. I rather wish they miss the train and Sir blows up on Norman. Norman is an enabler and is not likable either. I don't like Courtenay's stereotypical gay acting but one must keep the era in mind. Albert Finney is great in the role but I really don't like these people and their stupid little problems in the grand scheme of things.

This is one of my three all-time favorite movies. My only quibble is that the director, Peter Yates, had too many cuts showing the actors individually instead of together as a scene, but the performances were so great I forgive him.Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay are absolutely marvelous; brilliant. The script is great, giving a very good picture of life in the theatre during World War II (and, therefore, what it was like in the 30s as well). Lots of great, subtle touches, lots of broad, overplayed strokes, all of it perfectly done. Scene after scene just blows me away, and then there's the heartbreaking climax.

The many other comments about the film say it all - just like to add that we showed it last week to around 30 at our Community Cinema, and it got an overall average score of 8.6. We'd 100% recommend it, then, for today's audiences, especially if they can see it on a real cinema screen, and can talk about it with others afterwards, as our audience did.The sheer power of the acting performances by the whole troupe was incredible and quite spellbinding. Of course, Finney and Courtenay were truly the stars. but everybody was thoroughly well cast. For our afternoon audience, the majority of whom are "senior citizens", the fact that the plot could be followed with such ease because of the clarity of speech and the wonderful non-techy use of camera and sound was a great influenceHow delightful, many said, to see a really great film that's British: still not dated twenty years on: not full filled with blood & guts: not confusing because of bob-about-all-over-the-place camera shots, and back and forth through time story lines: no seedy sex scenes. Such views were even uttered by some who were younger.