In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
The Dresser has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Dresser was released in 1983 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 43 reviews, giving The Dresser (1983) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 83% and users giving an average score of 80%.
With a score of 76%, The Dresser is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1983, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1983 with similar scores include films like Trading Places and Terms of Endearment.
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