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Tony Richardson's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film follows Tom Jones (Albert Finney), a country boy who becomes one of the wildest playboys in 18th century England, developing a ravenous taste for women, food, and rowdy adventures. Over the course of the film, Jones tries to amass his own fortune and win the heart of Sophie (Susannah York). Not only does John Osborne's Oscar-winning screenplay stay true to the tone of the novel, but the cast — including Lynn Redgrave in her first screen role — tears into the story with spirited abandon, making the movie a wildly entertaining and witty experience.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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83%- Reviews Counted: 29
- Fresh: 24
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 8.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Prepare yourself for what is surely one of the wildest, bawdiest and funniest comedies that a refreshingly agile filmmaker has ever brought to the screen.
Fresh: While Tom remains a lot of fun, he's just not the irreverent Young Turk he seemed three decades ago.
Fresh: The film is a way-out, walleyed, wonderful exercise in cinema. It is also a social satire written in blood with a broadaxe. It is bawdy as the British were bawdy when a wench had to wear five petticoats to barricade her virtue.
Rotten: Despite the fitful energy and the beauty of the settings, the ugliness of the mise en scene and the crudity of the editing tend to triumph.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 1963
- © 1963 Woodfall Film Productions. All rights reserved.