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Tom Jones

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United Kingdom · 1963
2h 8m
Director Tony Richardson
Starring Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Tom Jones, a bastard raised by Squire Allworthy, loves the beautiful Sophie Western, but cannot marry her due to the difference in their class. When the villainous Blifil tricks the squire into casting Tom out of his household, the young man goes forth into the world on a series of high-spirited, romantic adventures.

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70

Variety by

It has sex, Eastmancolor, some prime performers and plenty of action. Tony Richardson has directed John Osborne’s screenplay with verve, though, occasionally, he falls back on camera tricks and editing which are disconcerting.

75

Entertainment Weekly by Ty Burr

Screenwriter John Osborne and Richardson (both received Oscars as well) came up with a smart solution to the problem of adapting an 18th-century literary classic: Turn it into bawdy slapstick with generous helpings of then- daring sex and violence.

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