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Nothing Like a Dame

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Spend a delightfully bawdy afternoon with four legends of British stage and cinema -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright -- as they spill the tea on life, love and art.
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Tea with the Dames proves there's plenty of entertainment value to be found in rounding up a quartet of screen legends for a chat -- and is likely to leave audiences wishing these stars would keep brewing up pots for an ongoing series.

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader [A] cozy nonfiction film. Mar 5, 2020 Full Review Roxana Hadadi Pajiba Do you need a life pick-me-up? The dames are here for you. Dec 26, 2018 Full Review Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Candid, insightful and unpredictable, Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright and Dame Maggie Smith are not only acting legends but also great friends. And a treat to hang out with. Dec 26, 2018 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse The conversation sparkles but don't come looking for a timeline of their careers. Look instead for insight into lives lived on stage. Rated: 4/5 Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Tea is strictly lightweight, an opportunity to hang out with a few grande dames rather than any serious appreciation of their remarkable talents. It's a PBS Pledge Week kinda tribute, pleasing but weightless. Oct 21, 2020 Full Review Matthew St. Clair Cinema Sentries It's enjoyable watching them engage in witty banter but it's also fascinating seeing them talk about their prestigious careers. Have a sip of tea and enjoy! Oct 5, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lana B Everything feels rather forced. The questions were really boring and sometimes just silly. And this constant "Talk about that" or "Talk about this" is just annoying. The dames are wonderful. Production - horrendous. This project being a documentary it was a production team's job to create a relaxed atmosphere and make all the participants feel it. Participants were nothing like relaxed. Constant nudging towards this or that subject did nothing to improve it. Overall, the idea was good, but execution ruined it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review tom m While this was interesting it was one of those cases where the trailer made it seem more interesting than it was. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member An absolute must-see. Definitely filled with wonderful laughter, heart-warming laughter. But overall the tone of the whole "film", or documentary, whatever you want to call it, has left me feeling seriously haunted. There is an unexpected (but not at all surprising, come to think of it) deep and serious homage to Shakespeare. The film itself seems to be capturing the lives of these beautiful women vanishing into thin air (as Judi alludes to in a concluding recitation from the famous lines of Prospero), and it's both beautiful, endearing, inspiring, funny, and fun...but, at the same time tragic, frightening, depressing, and I guess humbling. We are the stuff but which dreams are made on -- Maggie hasn't even seen a single episode of Downton Abbey (she jokes she better make "haste" but it's obvious she never will). These wonderful women are so powerful, are so filled with magic, have done so much with their lives, and yet still here we witness their vanishing. And soon nothing will remain of them at all......except this and countless wonderful other films!! So the good news I guess is thank goodness some of it was captured. Though I suppose ultimately even all that will be forgotten, too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Adorei, divertido espontâneo, gerou mais entretenimento do que eu imaginava, revelações interessantes e até mesmo surpreendentes, como quando elas afirmam que toda vez que vão entrar no palco ainda tremem, ou mesmo gravar uma cena como se estivessem prendendo a respiração até que tudo termine, pois sempre imaginei que com o tempo, soasse tão natural e espontâneo, quase entediante, como normalmente qualquer outra profissão... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review kentish 1 Like wrapping up in a warm blanket. A cosy, joyful hour with the best. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Just grand- these ladies are brilliant in mind and spirit. About 80 min. worth of reminiscence of long, remarkable careers, husbands, and their craft. Fascinating, heartwarming, and damned funny, I recommend this for fans of the theater an esp. British cinema. 3.6 stars Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Spend a delightfully bawdy afternoon with four legends of British stage and cinema -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright -- as they spill the tea on life, love and art.
Director
Roger Michell
Producer
Sally Angel, Karen Steyn
Distributor
Sundance Selects
Production Co
Field Day Films, The Dames Production, KEW Media Group
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$858.9K
Runtime
1h 23m
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