The Dressmaker

What a horrible title. I heard this title and I instantly did not want to watch it. I know that you shouldn't judge a book based on the cover, but the title does absolutely nothing to draw me in. So imagine my surprise when I sat down to watch the film and found myself enjoying it a lot.

The film juggles two tones between present day and flashbacks. The present day stuff is light, funny and even quirky at times, while the flashbacks are depressing. The colour palette is enough to indicate these changes as everything in the past is dark and dreary, while today is bright and sunny.

Kate Winslet is gorgeous, she does a good job here, as usual. The one striking thing about this film is the beauty. The dresses look great, but it's the landscape that always caught my eye. Some really captivating images in the landscape here.

The community is small where everyone knows each other. Makes me think about living in a place like that. Some of the ages of the people felt off. Winslet and Hemsworth know each other? I would have thought he wouldn't of been around when she was. Small little things like this snap me out of the film for a split second.