This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

How sad is this?

Good concept, poorly executed.

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.

I recently watched this movie again and it was still as enjoyable as the first time.It was during my final year at Grammar School that I was lucky enough to be able to appear as an extra during the execution scene. As one of the four drummer boys leading Tom's tumbril to the gallows I experienced film making 1960's style up close.The three days on set are still some of my most memorable experiences.

I managed to get into the theatre to see "Tom Jones" when I was a tender 16-year-old (the film got an "R" rating in Ontario). It was and remains at the zenith of my movie-going experiences. The theatre was packed and the reaction of the audience to the movie gives new meaning to the words "guffawing" and "rolling in the aisles" and "rollicking"."Tom Jones" came out at the height of the British New Wave. It eschews impeccably grand and fussy shots of stately mansions and serene crowds in favour of wildness and chaos. It plunks the camera in the mud with the pigs, plays peek-a-boo with the ladies' bosoms (the elderly Dame Edith Evans, thwacking the hogs with her parasol, her own breasts seemingly in danger of popping out of her bodice, is a sight to behold!), and completely thwarts our expectations of how a period piece should play. Masterpiece Theatre this is not. I doubt that Tony Richardson ever made a better - or more robust - movie.Yet, in spite of its satirical bent, there's not a mean bone in its body. It displays the ugliness, dangers and unfairness of the society it's portraying (I noticed, at the time, that British cinema was largely about class), but "Tom Jones" won my heart because it does so much more. It's full of joy, hope and optimism, and it's a celebration of love, life and youth. It makes me feel young again.

Tom Jones is a rollicking tale of an 18th century rake roaming the English countryside where trouble is sure to follow. Tony Richardson's interpretation of the Fielding novel captures the ribald flavor of the book while Walter Lassaly's flawless photography stunningly captures picturesque landscapes, candle lit interiors and the frenzy of the hunt littered with hounds and horses. Richardson chooses wisely from the picaresque work and Jones gallops along at an energetic pace as Richardson fills his painterly compositions with scenes of subtle and slapstick seduction and narrow escape.As Tom, boyishly handsome Albert Finney is a combination of irresistible charm and clumsy stealth. In spite of his lustful predicaments and date with the hangman Finney somehow maintains a priapic innocence throughout. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent with special mention going to Hugh Griffith's gruff Squire Western Edith Evans, Joyce Redmond and the venerable Jack MacGowan as Patridge.Honored in its day but mostly ignored for its importance today Tom Jones has aged far better than most. Its irreverent style, lush look and energetic rhythm is as fresh and impressive now as it was when first released. An excellently crafted work.