Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

merelyaninnuendo Tom Jones2 And A Half Out Of 5Tom Jones is a plot driven feature of a tale that may walk on familiar structure but is still intriguing enough to invest in it. The characters in here maybe edgy, but the edge is blunt and safe, for the offered environment is sweet despite of possessing plenty of spicy ingredients, it just never kicks in.It is short on technical aspects like cinematography and editing but is rich on cinematography, background score, production and costume design. The camera work is beautiful and utterly pleasing with aesthetic places that draws the attention of the viewers and rest of it is left upon its excellent execution. The adaptation by John Osborne is smart and explicit if not gripping and the primary reason to that is the amount of time it takes to set the plots and characters. Tony Richardson; the director, has done an amazing work on executing the script as mentioned earlier, with the help of beautiful cinematography. The performance by Albert Finney as the protagonist is brilliant along with a supporting cast like Hugh Girffith, Diane Cilento, Jayce Redman and Edith Evans. Tom Jones is free from love and morale conflicts despite of revolving around it and its the maturity that keeps the audience tangled into it.

SnoopyStyle It's 18th century England. Squire Allworthy returns to his estate after months away in London. He finds a baby in his bed. It is declared to be from his servant Jenny Jones. He decides to send her away and raise the baby with his sister Bridget as part of the family. The baby grows up to be the charming Tom Jones (Albert Finney). He and Sophie Western (Susannah York) falls in love but her family rejects him. They prefer she marries Bridget's son Blifil (David Warner). Squire Allworthy provides some inheritance for Tom to seek his own fortune. Due to misfortunes and family intrigue, Tom struggles in the world. Sophie runs away from Blifil to search for Tom.This is a adaptation of an 18th century novel. It takes the material with some interesting modern aspects. It is bodied. It is inherently a comedy although it's not out loud funny. It has some quirks. It's more of a drama. Finney makes this compelling. It's a critic and academy favorite.

Lee Eisenberg To people in the 21st century, the name Tom Jones brings to mind the singer of songs like "It's Not Unusual", and maybe also Tommy Lee Jones. Tony Richardson's "Tom Jones" has nothing to do with either of them. It was apparently intended as an indictment of the British aristocracy's hypocrisy. It comes across more as a romantic comedy. But most importantly, contrary to its Oscar wins it was far from the year's best movie. Nineteen sixty-three gave us movies like "The Birds" (the ultimate Hitchcock movie), "Hud" (a look at alienation), "Lilies of the Field" (a call for tolerance), "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (a hilarious indictment of greed) and "Charade" (one of the cleverest thrillers of all time).A line that caught my attention was during the dinner. Tom says something to the effect of "A person can be uneducated and know a lot, and a person can be educated and know nothing." For proof that the second part is true, I submit as evidence George W. Bush and Prince Charles.And now the cast. Albert Finney we all know. Susannah York is a hottie here; her most significant role was in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?". Diane Cilento was married to Sean Connery at this time. David Tomlinson is best know as George Banks in "Mary Poppins". Jack MacGowran played the alcoholic director in "The Exorcist". Peter Bull played the Soviet ambassador in "Dr. Strangelove" (so naturally, I told his character here not to fight in the war room). Julian Glover later played Donovan in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and later played Grand Master Pycelle on "Game of Thrones". And of course, Lynn Redgrave was director Tony Richardson's sister-in-law.As for Tony Richardson, his best movie that I've seen was the posthumously released "Blue Sky", which won Jessica Lange a Best Actress Oscar. Richardson hadn't publicly acknowledged his bisexuality until he contracted AIDS, which eventually killed him. Due to Orion Pictures's bankruptcy, "Blue Sky" sat on the shelf for three years.In conclusion, "Tom Jones" is a movie that will probably draw more than a few MST3K-style comments. Although I will say that Susannah York probably had to beat guys off with a stick after appearing in this movie.

st-shot Tom Jones is a rollicking tale of an 18th century rake roaming the English countryside where trouble is sure to follow. Tony Richardson's interpretation of the Fielding novel captures the ribald flavor of the book while Walter Lassaly's flawless photography stunningly captures picturesque landscapes, candle lit interiors and the frenzy of the hunt littered with hounds and horses. Richardson chooses wisely from the picaresque work and Jones gallops along at an energetic pace as Richardson fills his painterly compositions with scenes of subtle and slapstick seduction and narrow escape.As Tom, boyishly handsome Albert Finney is a combination of irresistible charm and clumsy stealth. In spite of his lustful predicaments and date with the hangman Finney somehow maintains a priapic innocence throughout. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent with special mention going to Hugh Griffith's gruff Squire Western Edith Evans, Joyce Redmond and the venerable Jack MacGowan as Patridge.Honored in its day but mostly ignored for its importance today Tom Jones has aged far better than most. Its irreverent style, lush look and energetic rhythm is as fresh and impressive now as it was when first released. An excellently crafted work.