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The Dressmaker review \u2013 a batty, fancy-frocked revenge story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth star in Jocelyn Moorhouse\u2019s anticipated return, pitched between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon<\/p>\n

J<\/strong>ocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director\u2019s chair with a wiggle dress and a powder keg after almost two decades for The Dressmaker \u2013 a loud, batty, fancy-frocked, sashed-and-stockinged revenge story pitched somewhere between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon.<\/p>\n

The film-maker\u2019s adaptation of author Rosalie Ham\u2019s much-loved debut novel of the same name embraces its dark humour and runs with it all the way to the morgue. Moorhouse stitches together a take-down of one of Australian cinema\u2019s well-worn story outfits: the tale of someone returning to the small town community they grew up in and dealing with baggage left behind. In this instance the drama is less about healing old wounds than sending old grievances to kingdom come.<\/p>\n

Ham\u2019s book was a structurally and tonally uniform affair: utterly consistent stylistically, and with seductively quaint prose. Moorhouse\u2019s film bounces around like a pogo stick, careening between genres and mood, bound by its cast and postcard perfect cinematography from veteran Donald McAlpine.<\/p>\n

Myrtle \u201cTilly\u201d Dunnage (Kate Winslet) returns to her home town of Dungatar armed with bad arse seamstress skills (says Moorhouse: this is \u201cUnforgiven with a sewing machine\u201d) after a period studying haute couture in Paris. She gets off the bus sucking on a ciggie, declaring \u201cI\u2019m back, you bastards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her rage is subdued for a long time as the plot revolves around Tilly caring for her wheelchair-clad piece-of-work mother, Molly (Judy Davis), while making outfits for the town populace and attracting the hunky manhood of a Hemsworth brother (Liam, looking like he\u2019s leapt from the pages of a Mills and Boon novel). Winslet is in fine form as Tilly but Davis runs away with it \u2013 she\u2019s erratic, shrewish and scene-dominatingly mental, somewhere between crazy cat lady and drunken aunty at a wedding.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a backstory, illustrated in washed-out looking flashback scenes, gradually explaining the reason Tilly was ostracised from town.<\/p>\n

One of the most potentially interesting characters \u2013 and an embodiment of the film\u2019s silly charm \u2013 is cross-dressing cop Sergeant Farrat<\/p>\n

He is mysteriously relegated to the peripheries; one imagines Farrat spending his off-screen time adjusting his eyeliner and cooking up plans to star in a spin-off.<\/p>\n

Co-adapted by Moorehouse and her husband\/fellow film-maker PJ Hogan (director of\u00a0Muriel\u2019s Wedding<\/a>\u00a0and Confessions of a Shopaholic) the storyline feels a little lost at sea, like it\u2019s in an ongoing process of second-guessing itself.<\/p>\n

But the wait is worth it: the final half hour catches fire and sends any skerrick of quaint storytelling to hell in a (fancy hemmed) handbasket. The sight of a hunchbacked Barry Otto falling into a pond earmarks one delirious stretch of crazy-in-the-coconut cinema. The Dressmaker might have been the mother of all outback small town movies if director Stephan Elliott hadn\u2019t spat out 1997\u2019s explosively kitsch\u00a0Welcome to Woop Woop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a sense, Moorehouse\u2019s film arrives two decades too late. It would have sat like a perfectly fitted corset with hyper Australian quirk cinema dished up in the 90s in movies like Woop Woop,\u00a0The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert<\/a>, Muriel\u2019s Wedding and\u00a0Bad Boy Bubby<\/a>. Like The Dressmaker, these films have an anarchic and destructive quality: they seem happy to watch the world burn while dancing \u2013 or at least looking fabulous \u2013 in its ashes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mo\u00ebt & Chandon Champagne IMP\u00c9RIAL Brut Golden Sleeve Design 12% Vol. 1,5l<\/h5>\n
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Founded in 1743 by Claude\u00a0Mo\u00ebt in \u00c9pernay, France, Mo\u00ebt & Chandon has become a leading name in the champagne market. Jean-Remy Mo\u00ebt, a descendant of the founder, acquired the former Hautvillers monastery in 1794, where the monk Dom P\u00e9rignon developed his pioneering champagne production techniques. This was a decisive step that further consolidated the quality and reputation of Mo\u00ebt & Chandon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The association with historical figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte, a close friend of Jean-Remy Mo\u00ebt, helped to popularize the champagne on international campaigns and increased its popularity worldwide. Mo\u00ebt & Chandon always remained based in \u00c9pernay and became synonymous with high-quality champagne.1987 marked another milestone when Mo\u00ebt Hennessy merged with Louis Vuitton to form the luxury goods group LVMH, now known worldwide for its exclusive products.<\/p>\n

The Mo\u00ebt Imperial BRUT, an icon among champagnes, embodies seductive elegance and vivacity.
\nThe Golden Sleeve design captivates with its visual appeal and embodies luxury and quality, ideal as a premium gift. This elegant champagne is made from carefully selected Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay grapes. After a thorough ageing process that allows the aromas to fully develop, the champagne is bottled and sealed with a natural cork.<\/p>\n

The Marquise de Pompadour once summed up the essence of champagne when she said: \u00ab\u00a0Champagne is the only wine in the world that makes every woman beautiful.\u00a0\u00bb
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Tasting notes:<\/h3>\n

Clear golden yellow with a green shimmer in the glass. Even bead formation. Subtle aromas of green apples, roasted cashews and vanilla on the nose. Sparkling on the palate, with aromas of white peach, pears and apples. These are joined by citrus fruits and gooseberries. Long-lasting and full-bodied on the finish.<\/p>\n

Residual sugar: 7 g\/l
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Ideal for pairing with seafood starters and lightly sauced fish dishes. Its fruity aromas harmonize perfectly with desserts such as a white peach tart or poached baked apples, allowing the flavours of both components to come into their own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[19],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2290","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-non-classe","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}