The Dresser

TV Movie
2015
12
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen in The Dresser (2015)

Play featurette0:50

Watch The Dresser

2 Videos

7 Photos

Drama

A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total

Videos2

Photos7

More like this

7.5

The Dresser

6.1

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken

7.0

Mrs Henderson Presents

6.2

King Lear

7.6

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

6.0

6.3

6.4

4.3

6.3

6.5

6.1

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Edward Fox appeared in The Dresser (1983). In the earlier version, Fox played Oxenby, while in this movie, Fox played Thornton.

Connections
Featured in BAFTA Television Awards 2016 (2016)

Soundtracks
Fanfare
Composed and Performed by Randy Dunn

User reviews20

Review

Featured review

7/10

A good version. Pales against the movie.

It's strange how a movie like THE DRESSER can echo through your memory, as I watched this well made and elegant made for STARZ version I enjoyed greatly the performances of Hopkins and McKellen and also the strong support from Vanessa Kirby and Edward Fox. However, echoes of the original movie with Albert Finney and Tom Courtney kept flooding back, Finney was a force of nature as Sir and Courtney felt much more heightened and on edge than McKellen who often appeared to be consciously downplaying Norman. There is much to like here but if you are new to The Dresser maybe you watch the Peter Yates movie first.