One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
The Dresser has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Dresser was released in 2015 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 16 reviews, giving The Dresser (2015) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Dresser than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 57%, The Dresser is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2015, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2015 with similar scores include films like Ted 2, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.
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