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The Dress

The Dress (1996)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 50% of users liked it
    (86 ratings)

The action in this dark Dutch comedy centers upon the creation of the title garment and shows the adverse affects it has upon the lives of those involved with making, selling and wearing it. Each stage of the dress's life is punctuated by an excerpt from a nearby person's life which in turn… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 16, 1998 Limited
Attitude Films

Critic Reviews

  • Bridget Byrne, Boxoffice Magazine

    There is a peeping tom mood to this amusing and often surprising tale, which follows the fortunes of a dress from drawing board to ragged demise.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    An intriguing, smart, and witty movie.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, Buzzine Magazine

    A doomed dress destroys Dutch dames in this dark, diabolical comedy.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    It sounds bleak, and it's a black comedy to be sure, but somehow writer/director Alex van Warmerdam milks the humor out of every situation

  • David N. Butterworth, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Creepy and hard to dislodge.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Greg S


    :A series of linked stories following the owners of a dress that always seems to bring bad luck to its wearer. Well-written, gloomy, quirky; but despite the linking device and several recurring characters, the stories lack a unifying thematic thread, beyond pessimism.

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