Far from the Madding Crowd
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 2015
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istanbulJul 22, 2015
uneven pace, and patchy emotional fluency of the movie prevent the characters to be taken seriously. beautiful cinematography, yet the movie lacks the same detailed, exquisite work in character development.
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lasttimeisawJul 29, 2015
A double-bill of two film adaptations of Thomas Hardy’s novel, about a Victorian liberated and strong-willed girl named Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan/Christie), who is an orphan but fortuitously inherits a farm from her late uncle, but in dueA double-bill of two film adaptations of Thomas Hardy’s novel, about a Victorian liberated and strong-willed girl named Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan/Christie), who is an orphan but fortuitously inherits a farm from her late uncle, but in due course, her romantic entanglements with three very different men, the honest and devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak (Schoenaerts/Bates), the wealthy, middle age bachelor William Boldwood (Sheen/Finch) and a hot-headed sergeant Frank Troy (Sturridge/Stamp), will teach her a hard lesson with a shocking third act.

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hadiaec20hAug 11, 2015
Well, you can tell the story by heart, I guess it is kind of cliche that a poor guy has a feeling for a rich girl who likes to be free and independent, the girl tries her chance with another man but she finds out that the framer guy is theWell, you can tell the story by heart, I guess it is kind of cliche that a poor guy has a feeling for a rich girl who likes to be free and independent, the girl tries her chance with another man but she finds out that the framer guy is the best choice. isn't that a cliche?… Expand
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JLuis_001Sep 7, 2017
A period film with a story similar to that of a soap opera, and those are not my favorite, but the director was my main motivation to see it, certainly this is not a bad job but it does lack of several elements to make it stand out.A period film with a story similar to that of a soap opera, and those are not my favorite, but the director was my main motivation to see it, certainly this is not a bad job but it does lack of several elements to make it stand out.

Vinterberg complies, he's a good director, but you cannot avoid the feeling that something did not work at all in this movie.

I do not despise it but I do not praise it either.… Expand
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NickTheCritickApr 28, 2022
The Danish director chases the sunsets and the rainbow, venturing only a few more expressive frayed shots in the foreground area, taking care of the pictorial quality of the long shots, perhaps he thought of shooting a tale of eternalThe Danish director chases the sunsets and the rainbow, venturing only a few more expressive frayed shots in the foreground area, taking care of the pictorial quality of the long shots, perhaps he thought of shooting a tale of eternal romanticism with a modern hand, but he built a castle without secret, cloying to say the least. Unfortunately, acting doesn't work in this movie either, with the exception of Carey Mulligan who does what she can but alone can do very little.… Expand
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