The Dressmaker (M) | Review

By Jake Wilson
Updated November 27 2015 - 3:17pm, first published 3:13pm
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in The Dressmaker.
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in The Dressmaker.

Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker is about the return of a prodigal daughter, and you might say it was made by one. While Moorhouse still has a high reputation as an Australian filmmaker, she has not shot a feature in her homeland since her debut, Proof, in the early '90s. But this hectic, clattering Gothic farce, based on Rosalie Ham's novel, finds her back with a vengeance.

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