Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

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.

saraccan There is no plot, most scenes just follow each other meaninglessly leading to absolutely nothing. The movie is about some guy named Tom Jones doing something I dunno.

jacobs-greenwood The editing and background music in this film are/were unique and something to behold. Although you may have seen some of the techniques copied (unfortunately, the only film which comes immediately to mind with regards to the editing is Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)), I feel fairly certain that freeze frames (with narrative voice- overs), characters playing (even talking) to the camera, and the lyrical wipes & fades ("zeroing" in on a specific object or face - like the singing mice in Babe (1995)) employed were first done in this Academy Award winning Best Picture.A very visually creative film which tells the bawdy tales of a bastard son raised by a wealthy squire. Another scene, the sensual eating of food, was also borrowed by several later films like Like Water for Chocolate (1992) (right? my memory escapes me).The score, which also won the Academy Award, is whimsical and upbeat with its tempo perfectly matching the kinetic pace of many of the more comical exploits of the title character, played by Albert Finney (Oscar nominated in only his third film).One of the few comedies (15%?) to win BP, it also took home Best Director (Tony Richardson) and Writing (the story was adapted from the Henry Fielding novel). Supporting Actor Hugh Griffith and three Supporting Actresses (Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman) also received Oscar nominations.

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.