Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
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Movie Reviews of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
Movie Review: Tom Jones - Classic Literary Films
Summary: 5 Stars
Fabulous adaptation of this classic film with Samantha Morton's superb acting. Actually all the actors in the film are just wonderful. Brian Blessed should have gotten an Academy Award for his performance as Squire Western. He was humorous, horrifying and tender - at times, all at once. A splendid piece of acting. I actually do prefer this to the other more well known version of the film with Albert Finney. The filming itself, the costumes and truth to the original writing make this a far superior filming of Tom Jones.Movie Review: Not as good as the book, but amusing nonetheless
Summary: 5 Stars
Though some have found this adaptation morally "deprived" and were disappointed because they had "exspected" the film to be similar in feel to A&E's <u>Pride and "Predgudace</u>," I thoroughly enjoyed the mini series, which did a fairly good job of capturing the atmosphere of Henry Fielding's novel.Movie Review: A great adaptation of the book
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought that A&E's miniseries of Tom Jones was excellent. The reviewer who described it as "morally deprived" has obviously not read the book. It was actually very close to the book, unlike a lot of movies, and was funny, refreshing, and wonderfully acted.Movie Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Movie got here in record time, was in wonderful condition, and was (in my opinion) more than worth what I paid for it! Love this movie! Thanks so much :)Movie Review: comedy of manners and violence
Summary: 4 Stars
I have never read Henry Fielding's novel in full, and therefore, I am not exactly certain how he portrays his characters in each scene. However, I have read the SparkNotes on this novel as well as Fielding's own words that he desired the novel to be like a feast to the reader. I also know that the literary society did not take kindly to Fielding's novel due to its vulgar content.
This production of Tom Jones certainly is vulgar in comparison with many other A&E or BBC productions. Yet, I do not think the film does so against the novel. The novel does not use the best language, and while producers of films much always decide how much action to TELL/IMPLY and how much to SHOW, I do not think this production shows too much.
Fielding's novel is not like a work of Charles Dickens or Jane Austen. Therefore, the production should not try to transform Fielding's style into that of a more modest and politically-correct writer.
As for the acting of the characters, I believe most actors conveyed their characters well. The film was certainly humorous, which I am sure was the intent of the productors. Additionally, the film kept the introductory passages were an actor playing Fielding speaks about the work.
Overall, I do not regret purchasing and watching this production. I thought it was quite good - a mix between a drama and a comedy, where manners are neglected and violence abundant, but all in a way that seems like a 1960s TV comedy show.
PS: Even the scenes where characters are intoxicated or lose their tempers do not appear too graphic. I am of the opinion most high school students have been at parties were more realistic drunkenness occured than this production shows. As for the violence between characters, especially between Squire Western and his daughter, Sophia, I am rather convinced that 21st century X-box and Playstation games contain just as much violence - and violence that appears more real than any shown in this film.