In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong farm owner Bathsheba Everden attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba';s choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.
17 March 1964, Liverpool, England, UK
21 December 1985, Lambeth, London, England, UK
17 December 1960, London, England, UK
1 January 1961, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK
28 May 1985, Westminster, London, England, UK
23 September 1987, North London, England, UK
May 11, 2017
Far From the Madding Crowd feels like a missed opportunity more than anything else, as instead of playing to the strengths of both author and director [...] it coasts on playing to the conventions of the same old stale period dramas.
May 12, 2015
A good, solid version of this novel, guided by Mulligan, is still an achievement.
May 12, 2015
Vinterberg's classical, pastoral aesthetic recalls the heyday of the Merchant Ivory films, without the corny sentimentality of their lesser imitators.
November 10, 2015
The movie places the swoonier love story aspects of Far From the Madding Crowd in the forefront, but it also, more interestingly, surfaces its coming-of-age qualities.
May 12, 2015
It's beautifully old and atmospheric without feeling dated.
May 25, 2016
There is plenty of desire on display here, conveyed in the tremble of the lip or in the intensity of the gaze, or in the deeply saturated colours of a hayfield.
May 23, 2016
It's really hard to fathom that Denmark's Thomas Vinterberg, co-founder of the radical Dogme 95 Movement with Lars Van Trier, could direct a picture so straight-laced and traditional, so bland and dull.
July 11, 2016
Madding Crowd would be a lot more effective if Mulligan's feminism didn't disappear to create plot points. But it is suitably well-acted and hits you right in the romance bone.
November 15, 2016
On the whole, Schlesinger's Wessex trumps Vinterberg's, which suffers from one of the loopiest examples of miscasting I've seen for some time.
May 12, 2016
Such an inflexible adaptation results in a rather half-hearted screenplay that lacks the energy of its source novel, failing to arouse or thrill on any level.
May 12, 2015
Moviegoers often say, "Forget about the book, even if it's a 'classic.' How does the film work on its own terms?" But that's the point: On its own terms, it's bewildering.
May 12, 2015
Carey Mulligan is an inspired choice to play Bathsheba... She's cool and confident; we come to respect her strength and appreciate that she doesn't need a man to be complete.
