Review of Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) by Lasttimeisaw — 28 Jul 2015
A double-bill of two film adaptations of Thomas Hardy’s novel, about a Victorian liberated and strong-willed girl named Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan/Christie), who is an orphan but fortuitously inherits a farm from her late uncle, but in due course, her romantic entanglements with three very different men, the honest and devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak (Schoenaerts/Bates), the wealthy, middle age bachelor William Boldwood (Sheen/Finch) and a hot-headed sergeant Frank Troy (Sturridge/Stamp), will teach her a hard lesson with a shocking third act.
This review of Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) was written by Lasttimeisaw on 28 July 2015.
Far from the Madding Crowd has generally received positive reviews.
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