Gladiatress

{{distinguish|Gladiatrix (disambiguation){{!}}Gladiatrix}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Gladiatress | image = Gladiatress poster.jpg

| caption = | director = Brian Grant | producer = Graham Broadbent <br />Justin Lin <br />Lawrence Bender | writer = Nick Whitby | starring = | music = James Seymour Brett | cinematography = Witold Stok | editing = Fiona Colbeck | studio = Mission Pictures<br />Stock Productions | distributor = Icon Entertainment International<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM Home Entertainment to distribute Icon titles in UK|website=Screen International|date=5 May 2004|access-date=6 March 2023|url=https://www.screendaily.com/mgm-home-entertainment-to-distribute-icon-titles-in-uk/4018448.article}}</ref><br />MGM Home Entertainment<ref name="bbfc" /> | released = {{Film date|2004|df=yes}} | runtime = 85 minutes<ref name="bbfc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/gladiatress-2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619170256/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/gladiatress-2004|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 June 2018|title=Gladiatress (2004)|website=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Gladiatress''''' is a 2004 British comedy film, starring Sally Phillips, Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan. It is partly a parody of 2000's ''Gladiator''.

== Plot == {{More plot|date=June 2018}} Three unlikely heroines Worthaboutapig (Sally Phillips), Dwyfuc (Doon Mackichan) and Smirgut the Fierce (Fiona Allen) set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain.

== Cast == * Worthaboutapig – Sally Phillips * Dwyfuc – Doon Mackichan * Smirgut the Fierce – Fiona Allen * General Rhinus – David Hayman * Caesar – Ronan Vibert * Jean Marcosivellauniviromandiboule – Philippe De Groussouvre * Dubonet Warrior – Rory MacGregor * Mrs Goatsplitter – Pam Ferris * Welsh Suitor – Brendan O'Hea * Chamberlain – William Chubb

== Filming == It was filmed at various locations in the UK between 11 November and 23 December 2002. Filming locations included the Bourne Woods and Frensham Ponds near Farnham in Surrey, Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire, and West Wittering in West Sussex.

==Critical reception== ''Total Film'' gave the DVD release of ''Gladiatress'' one star out of five and described the film as "a painfully laugh-free vehicle for the usually talented stars of TV's ''Smack The Pony''".<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/dvd/gladiatress "Gladiatress", ''Total Film''] 8 August 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2012.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0339072}}

Category:2004 films Category:2000s parody films Category:2000s historical comedy films Category:British parody films Category:Films set in Roman Britain Category:Films produced by Graham Broadbent Category:Films produced by Bruce Davey Category:Films set in prehistoric Britain Category:Films set in the 1st century BC Category:British historical comedy films Category:2004 English-language films Category:2004 British films Category:English-language historical comedy films Category:Gladiator (2000 film)