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Tom Jones

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Tom Jones

1963

Tony Richardson

Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, David Warner ...

6.4

2,415

Comedy. Adventure Tom Jones (Albert Finney), abandoned as a baby in mysterious circumstances, is brought up by Squire Allworthy. Resented by Allworthy's legitimate heir Blifil, Tom grows into an amiable rascal, fond of the fair sex. He loves Squire Western's daughter Sophie Western (Susannah York), but when discovered by his tutors with a local girl Molly, he is banished by his benefactor. After numerous adventures he reaches London and embarks on an ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Rich Gold Variety	"Tony Richardson has directed John Osborne’s screenplay with verve, though, occasionally, he falls back on camera tricks and editing which are disconcerting."	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The movie presented a dictionary of up-to-the-minute cinematic tricks (...) that was almost cheeky in its virtuosity."	POS
United States	Chris Willman Los Angeles Times	"One of the stranger films ever to win the best picture Oscar."	NEU
United States	Kate Cameron New York Daily News	"A fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek movie about an engaging foundling."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The movie is too lacking in grace and finesse to provide anything more than broad and mainly random vaudeville turns."	NEG
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"It was always arch, overlong and uncertain of tone, but nevertheless very funny and extraordinarily bawdy (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Fun (...) especially Finney slobbering all over his food in the famous eating scene (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robert Murphy Time Out	"An enjoyable piece of irreverent entertainment."	POS
United States	Ty Burr Entertainment Weekly	"While 'Tom' remains a lot of fun, he’s just not the irreverent Young Turk he seemed three decades ago (...) What then seemed a revelation now looks relentlessly mod."	NEU

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