Rotten
Thomas Hardy was not the most dynamic novelist in English literature, but this sluggish 1967 film still does him a serious disservice.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Far from the Madding Crowd
Her romance with three men becomes a bold adventure
1967 · 2h 50m · GP
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
John Schlesinger
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Overview
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful and flirtatious young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Director and cast
- John Schlesinger Director
- Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene
- Terence Stamp as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
- Alan Bates as Gabriel Oak
- Peter Finch as William Boldwood
- Fiona Walker as Liddy
- Prunella Ransome as Fanny Robin
- Alison Leggatt as Mrs. Hurst
- Paul Dawkins as Henery Fray
- Julian Somers as Jan Coggan
- Freddie Jones as Cainy Bell
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Christie has few real opportunities to branch out of her rather muted and pouty lead.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Pictorially excessive but dramatically barren.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Alan Bates, in a change of pace, is the loyal shepherd. Terence Stamp is a suitably vile Sgt. Troy, and Peter Finch makes Boldwood strong and honorable in his love for Bathsheba.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
[Schlesinger] displays the best sense of Victorian time and place since David Lean in Great Expectations.
TIME Magazine
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