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LUTHER, more performance than play, is lifted by Albert Finney's acting from the vagueness of its theology to a vital concern with a man whose purpose is more obsessive than sure, but whose impact set the Reformation in motion...
...JONES. Henry Fielding's 18th century classic is one of the funniest novels in the language, and Tony Richardson's screen version of the book is one of the funniest films of recent years. Albert Finney is excellent as the hero, and Hugh Griffith is magnificent as Squire Western...
Tony Richardson, John Osborne, and Albert Finney are three talented young men who are known more for their anger than their sense of humor. But they have proved they can, be funny, unmistakably and delightfully funny, in Tom Jones...
...broods in Tom Jones. It is a wild, ridiculous, engaging film and seems sure to become a minor classic. The signs are clear--already people talk reverently of the Chicken-Eating Scene, or the Hunt Scene, or the Bedroom Scene in the Inn. Characters are fondly committed to memory: Finney as Tom, Hugh Griffith as Squire Western, Joyce Redman as Mrs. Waters. Tom Jones is an enthusiastic movie, and its enthusiasm is infectious. Sour souls who claim it is overrated have been shouted down...
...Jones is more than a composite of tricks. It is skillfully acted, particularly by Finney. Appearing in nearly every scene, he laughs and romps with engaging abandon, setting the tone for everyone else in the film. Finney acts with every fiber of his face, every muscle of his body: viewers who have watched him waltz and stumble into the marshes to get a flower for sophie are not likely to forget his performance...