Far From the Madding Crowd

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Roberta S This is the best film I've ever seen in my opinion. Everything from the cinematography to the acting is superb! A true classic. This original (1967) is FAR superior that the more recent version. I recommend you watch this verson! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Leaburn O A decent telling of the Thomas Hardy classic. Another from the BFI Top 100. Not much to say as it's just a standard Victorian era romance drama, with few surprises but a nice enough pace given its lengthy runtime. I bought this one on DVD as couldn't stream or watch on TV in the UK. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a timeless and terrific movie but millennials and younger may not think much of it. I am an elderly literature major so I have always loved this movie, having first seen it when it came out in the theater in 1967. Bathsheba finally finds out what love is but she pays a dear price for her capriciousness. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review georgan g This was better than I thought it would be. Despite the characters not doing what I thought was likely, they made foolish choices. Still, I enjoyed this melodrama. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I enjoyed the 2015 remake more. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/04/21 Full Review William L Far From the Madding Crowd is an example of an idea that looks good on paper, but doesn't translate to the screen. The film is a three-hour melodrama masquerading as a character study, which has only four major characters but somehow only really adds complexity to one of them, Troy's Stamp, who maintains colorful character, emotional intensity, and conflicting passions. In contrast, Christie's Bathsheba is simply "the independently-minded woman", Finch's Boldwood is "the repressed gentleman", and Bates' Gabriel is "the honest, patient farmer" who eventually wins out by doing virtually nothing and simply outlasting the other two. The film goes off on long tangents where it often forgets that certain characters exist, but does compensate somewhat with on-location shooting and quality costumes. If you like excessively long romantic period films that exist more to satisfy a passion for drama than to create a sense of sincerity, this may still satisfy your craving for a while, but to me this is a lesser attempt in the sea of midcentury epics. (2.5/5) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/20 Full Review Read all reviews

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