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Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Comedy · Romance · History · 1963

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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Tom Jones

“Tom Jones!... loves and loves and loves and loves...”

1963 Comedy · Romance · History 2h 8m

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5.9 / 10

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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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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tony Richardson

Written by

John Osborne

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Tom Jones

Susannah York

Susannah York

Sophie Western

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Squire Western

Edith Evans

Edith Evans

Miss Western

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Lady Bellaston

Diane Cilento

Diane Cilento

Molly Seagrim

David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Lord Fellamar

Court is in session

Put Tom Jones on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.