Albert Finney, Angela Baddeley, Avis Bunnage
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
DVD Release Date: October 30, 1997
Stats: 180 reviews
I had a hard time wrapping my mind around this one and appreciating this type of bawdy British humor and melodrama. There are some weird Keystone Cops kind of sped up action sequences that just left me thinking, "Huh?". I really thought I was going to find this a total waste of...( read more)
a messy disappointment - maybe cuz the washed out mgm dvd transfer blows
Disappointing compared to Tony Richardson's earlier films.
The best part of the film has got to be:
THE HIGHWAYMAN:"Stand and deliver!"
MISS WESTERN:"What?"
THE HIGHWAYMAN:"Stand and deliver!"
MISS WESTERN:"Deliver?Deliver what?I am no traveling midwife!"
By idiosyncratic framing Tom Jones' picaresque adventure through an amalgam of traditional film comedy conventions, Richardson creates an inspired duality that paradoxically underscores the film's conventionality even as it subverts it: from the breaking of fourth wall address (a...( read more)
Probably very good back in its day, but sort of blah now. It is pretty humorous, though.
Im shore its a good story some how. but this is to dirty and discuzting.
For its time, this sexually provocative story was bold. Now it just comes across terribly dated. Despite the genius of Albert Finney, this movie is rather dull and uninspired. Perhaps, I need to be more British...
Pretty good about a guy who has a hard life in the minor gentry of England.
Quite funny but not in the riotous manner many of today's audience expects.
A spirited and delightful comedy of manners, this film caused a sensation in its day but, from the looks of some other contemporary comments, is looked down upon and seen as dated by a lot of viewers these days. That's quite a shame, since its energy and humor are a joy to experi...( read more)
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