ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

johnwiltshireauthor As a huge Hardy fan, I thought this adaption of one of his most popular (and accessible) novels was pretty much faultless. I've noticed a trend with movies over the last few years to roughen up the nineteenth century, to make the characters more naturalistic and it works exceptionally well here. The characters look entirely at home and realistic in their setting and the film is as much a tribute to a vanished, rural world as it is to love. More so, perhaps. Although the adaptation makes Gabriel and Bathsheba's relationship more romantic than it was in the novel (his iconically unromantic line "whenever I look up..." was left out), it is nevertheless not the main delight of this film for me. This movie wonderfully recreates rural life in Dorset, and created a surge of nostalgia about the vanished rhythms of farming life. I highly recommend this film to anyone who enjoys nineteenth century novels, but also to any romantics out there because, of course, Gabriel and Bathsheba's story is heartrending and delightful at the same time.

Sandy0095 This film is based on the Thomas Hardy novel by the same name. It follows Bathsheba Everdene through the course of three male suitors in 1870. We start the movie when she's still quite young and impoverished, though incredibly headstrong. Her neighbor Gabriel Oak immediately proposes marriage, but she turns him down.A few years later, Bathsheba inherits her uncle's estate. Gabriel Oak stumbles upon it after losing his own home. Bathsheba hires him as a laborer when both agree there's no more tension between them. However tension ensues when several suitors become interested in Bathsheba's unusual independence. One is the hilariously clueless William Boldwood, who's several years older. The other is bad boy Francis Troy. Despite being headstrong, she falls for Francis' charisma and troubles emerge. A love triangle is formed between herself and the 3 men in her life.Carrie Mulligan does a great job as Bathsheba Everdene. She plays a modern woman stuck in the restrictive 19th century. Throughout the film, she is constantly fighting to prove her own worth. Her independence often attracting the wrong men. My only issue is with their interpretation of Francis Troy. Bathsheba falls for him immediately, despite his over the top, smarmy attitude. I know this comes from the source material, but it happens so suddenly on film. Bathsheba goes from loving Francis, to pining for Gabriel, to toying with William's affection without pause. Despite wonderful performances from the entire cast, more context would've been appreciated. About 20 minutes more screen time, and the film would've been perfect.

Susan F Watch the GREAT BBC adaptation of the Hardy book. This is a waste of time. Sturridge is particularly bad and miscast as Sgt. Troy. Jonathan Firth, the brother of Colin Firth (King's Speech, Pride and Prejudice), is a much better Sgt. Troy. The BBC miniseries had the time to fully lay out the plot and address the intricacies of the book. This version is like reading bad cliff notes. The dark atmosphere is also all wrong. You don't get a sense of the gritty yet vibrant everyday life surrounding the characters. Farmer Oak (sturdy as an oak) is just a love sick calf in this film. In the BBC series, you see a subtlety in the performance and not a depressing dogged joyless devotion to a women who can't make up her mind. The BBC version also shows you Bathsheba's caring relationship with the town folks who depend on her for their livelihood. You see how and why she becomes so devoted to them and how their lives are intertwined. Accordingly, you understand why her marriage to Sgt. Troy is a disaster beyond her own story and so poignant. The one thing that makes this film bearable is the performance of Michael Sheen. He is simply superb. In the BBC version, the actor played Boldwood as a raving lunatic. It is all wrong. Sheen's performance gave you compassion for the character and displayed the depth and pathos of his devotion and unrequited love for Bathsheba. He is a much better actor than the man who played him in the BBC series In fact, Sheen's performance is the only reason to watch this mediocrity.

Paula G It is an adaptation of the novel of Thomas Hardy written in 1874. The film was released on 2015 and is the fourth adaptation of the book. The plot is set in the Victorian Britain. The main character is Bathsheba Everdene which at the beginning of the story is working at is aunt's farm. And then one day a man, his neighbor Gabriel Oak falls in love with her and proposes, but she refuses because she thinks that is too independent for marriage. Then one day Mr Oak losses everything and gets away from the town. And soon she receives letter from his uncle who gives to her his farm. So she leaves the town and moves to his uncle's farm which is now hers. The film shows her intentions to be a good farmer and an independent woman. But when she arrives to the farm, Mr Oak appears and became the new sheepherder. And he is not the only men tan appears in his life, other two men, one is neighbor William Boldwood which is rich, and another is the Sergeant Frank Troy. So the film shows how she deals with everything and most of all with her idea of being independent to the men.