Synopsis
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
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Cast
- Albert FinneyTom Jones
- Susannah YorkSophie Western
- Hugh GriffithSquire Western
- Edith EvansMiss Western
- Joan GreenwoodLady Bellaston
- Diane CilentoMolly Seagrim
- David TomlinsonLord Fellamar
- Freda JacksonMrs. Seagrim
- Jack MacGowranPartridge
- Lynn RedgraveSusan, Uptown Inn
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
A rollicking comedic condensation of Fielding's sprawling novel about a lusty young man's adventures in 18th-Century England. - 90
The New York Times
One of the wildest, bawdiest and funniest comedies that a refreshingly agile filmmaker has ever brought to the screen. - 80
New York Daily News
A fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek movie about an engaging foundling. - 80
Time
The film is a way-out, walleyed, wonderful exercise in cinema. It is also a social satire written in blood with a broadaxe. - 80
Time Out
Osborne's courageous hatchet job on Fielding's 1,000 page classic novel and Finney's gutsy performance add up to produce an enjoyable piece of irreverent entertainment. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Screenwriter John Osborne and Richardson (both received Oscars as well) came up with a smart solution to the problem of adapting an 18th-century literary classic: Turn it into bawdy slapstick with generous helpings of then- daring sex and violence. - 75
ReelViews
Tom Jones succeeded in large part because of its wit, its performances, and its energy. - 70
Variety
It has sex, Eastmancolor, some prime performers and plenty of action. Tony Richardson has directed John Osborne’s screenplay with verve, though, occasionally, he falls back on camera tricks and editing which are disconcerting.
