Far From the Madding Crowd

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Swamp F @Renz1 6 days ago A good man, a door mat all combined. The story needs to be kept in movies and cannot be applied in real life, it will destroy you as a man and a woman. If you get rejected, move on. If you face similar situation, leave that person and MOVE ON. Grow a backbone to stand on and respect your honor. The woman made me mad on so many occasions. What is wrong with her? I do not have the slightest clue. Of course, the "good man" has to come to the rescue if all things go bad. If it doesn't, you are the side character. See more Frans B @FransB Sep 19, 2026 Brilliant. Thomas Vinterberg directed this to a Tee. Near flawless production of a complex story. Very well written and amazing cinematography. Very capable cast all excel in character, Carey Mulligan in particular. Heartfelt, earthy, dramatic, unexpected twists, emotional and filled with intrigue. Not the usual glorification of period works, this feels very real and authentic. Entertaining and captivating See more Matthew J L @matthewjloller Apr 23, 2026 An adaptation that requires patience, but in the end delivers a hopeful answer to both toxic masculinity and toxic femininity. See more Abed D @Abeddani Dec 28, 2025 A well suitable representation of Hardy's novel... I liked that the emotions didn't go off the limits and gave the novel its right See more spoko s @spoko Oct 3, 2025 Carey Mulligan gives Bathsheba Everdene more steadiness than she deserves. Bathsheba herself is a wildly inconsistent character, but Mulligan works hard to hold her together as something resembling a coherent person. The romantic plotlines are uneven—Oak and Boldwood’s slow-building conflict has real weight, only deepened by the tense respect the men have for each other. That strand alone might have been enough to carry the story. The addition of Sergeant Troy, though, just doesn’t work. His whole romance with Bathsheba feels forced, as if the film needs to prove she can be swept away by passion, but it never gels with what we know of her otherwise. See more Margaret N @RT45255759 Jun 10, 2025 This is a chick flic, so strike one. The movie starts and blammo, you get no information about Bathsheba's circumstances. Yes, she works on a farm, we see that, but so what? Is life hard for her? Is she broke? Is she lonely? How did she come to be alone? Too bad, figure it out for yourself in 43 seconds because blammo! On to the next thing. Strike two. Hot guy next door digs her but he's awkward. Why is he awkward? How is such a hot guy alone anyway? Nope, too bad, just assume he is. Proposal, blammo, she says no even though it's clear she realizes he's hot and polite (an excellent combo in a man). This all takes about a minute and a half. On to the next thing. Slightly older rich guy just down the way. Great idea: let's send a romantic card to him even tho' we're not even mildly interested in him, and even tho' it's way out of character for her to do so. Proposal, blammo, she says no. Guy looks heartbroken even tho' he's only seen her once and barely said 12 words to her. Confused? Too bad. On to the next thing. Swing and a miss. Mind you, all this has happened in about 9 minutes, and the movie goes on like this at breakneck pace - practically the Cliff's Notes version of this movie. Schoenaerts and Sheen are well-cast and do a good job making you interested in them, but they only get about 5 lines of dialogue to do so. Then some other stuff happens, none of which make sense to the main character's supposed personality, and then before we know it, the hot guy is kissing Bath and they ride off into the sunset, and you realize 1. that the damn thing is over already and 2. you just watched a chick flic. See more Read all reviews

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