Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Sandcooler Picture "Carrie", only somehow make it into a teen slasher: that's pretty much what "Tamara" comes down to. Angels of vengeance usually work really well within the movie universe, and Tamara is no exception. She's fierce and cruel, but at the same time her evilness comes with a healthy side of dark humour. Her murders are just standard clichéd witch behaviour, but occasionally she takes a break from that to just kinda mess around with people for absolutely no reason but for laughs. I particularly liked Patrick and Shawn's fate, very unexpected and diabolically creative. There's also a fair amount of gore thrown around throughout this movie, which was kinda surprising. Blood and gore isn't a good reason to like a movie, but to me it did add a lot to the general nasty atmosphere. The fact that lead actress Jenna Dewan is pretty smoking hot helps the movie too I guess, I can't back that up, it just does. This movie was better than I had expected, actually pretty impressive for the standards of recent horror cinema.

bigbro308 For some reasons, the reviews do tend to be polarized on this movie. It's not the worst film ever made, but it's certainly not deserving of a standing ovation. It had its ups and its downs to me, and I'll try to lay them out as fairly as I can.Ups: 1. This may be a shallow observation, but I thought most of the lead actresses were pretty cute. Sad to admit it, but that makes it more watchable. I wouldn't mind seeing some of them in other roles. 2. I also liked that the ending wasn't as cliché as it might've been. Not that it was great, it just wasn't as bad as it could've been. I respect writers who don't only kill off the "bad" characters.Downs: 1. Tamara wasn't ugly in the slightest, she just dressed dorky. They could've at least had her wear glasses and switch to contacts, which is sort of standard fare for the "transformation into a hottie" thing. Hell, how hard is it to fake some acne scars?? 2. Some of the acting wasn't really top-notch. It wasn't all horrible or anything, but most of it wasn't great. 3. Biggest Problem: The "moral arc" of the movie was quite bent by my standards. I really, really didn't like how she lumped everyone together and sought vengeance on the most innocent of the people present. I mean, I felt that the characters that were the least involved got it the worst. It's as though the moral of the story is "being bullied and threatened into not reporting a crime is worse than committing a crime" and I 110% do not agree with that.Moreover, I don't agree with some of the judgments that she passed on people. Gonna punish someone for humiliating you and killing you?--go ahead, you've got the moral high ground there. But for having an eating disorder? That's something that you try to help a person through, not in the same galaxy as something like date rape.Mostly because of the last mentioned problem, I had a really had time getting into the movie. I mean, I have no problem sitting through a B-rate, somewhat trashy movie. But at least make a character that I can sort of cheer for as she acts out her vengeance, instead of someone that I quickly start to feel was so morally twisted that the "bad guys" might've done the world a service by killing her.

Samiam3 Tamara is pretty much a Carrie rip-off, even the poster art is almost identical. Whether it was intended to be original or not, I'm not sure, but with a few less clichés and a bit more character development, this could have been a film like May, smart and scary, and eccentric. Perhaps this film is a 'takes one to know one' kind of story. socially troubled girls, may find this emotional but everyone else will see Tamara as what it is, a sexy, but shallow horror movie. Tamara Riley becomes the most hated girl in school after she writes a news paper article which rats out a number of her school mates in a certain way. One night, a bunch of them play a nasty prank on her, but things go wrong and she is accidentally killed. In the panic, they bury her body in the woods, but somehow she comes back from the dead, more cunning and sexy than before, and with a mind for revenge.The trick to enjoying the movie is whether or not you feel engaged enough to root for the protagonist. She was done a major injustice but she is also doing injustice to others. The sex appeal of Tamara is really secondary. Tamara is nothing more or less than amusing in a twisted way, but if you want a similar movie that actually gets you thinking, watch May.

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Tamara is the typical, down-trodden, "ugly" girl at her small-town high school. After publishing a revealing article about steroid use by the jocks (and maybe their girlfriends), Tamara becomes more than just the invisible girl. . . and, instead, the victim of punishment by the jocks (all of whom look to be approaching their mid-life crises). Eventually, the "cool kids" decide to really get her back and arrange a big prank to keep her mouth shut from now on. Unfortunately, the prank goes too far. Only then is Tamara able to unleash her inner, sexy Witchy Woman to take vengeance on those that wronged her.What makes this film so good is its ability to appeal to horror fans and non-fans alike, similar to previous films in the subgenre like 'Scream' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer.' It has a story man can relate to or, at least, sympathize with. While the characters aren't exactly three-dimensional, there's someone for everyone to relate to, whether it be nerd, jock, or stoner. The script does hit a few clichés, but slashers are like romantic-comedies in that it's very difficult to completely avoid the clichés of the subgenre. The acting, particularly Jenna Dewan as Tamara, was good (or "good enough") and the little-known Jeremy Haft helmed the film well from the director's chair.Overall, 'Tamara' is a well made and extremely entertaining slasher that deserves much more exposure than remakes like 'Prom Night' and 'April Fool's Day' have received.Final Verdict: 6.5/10.-AP3-