Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) film performed well at the box office in the UK but was a commercial failure in the US. "Far from the Madding Crowd" received mixed to positive reviews from critics, as the film holds a 72% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 25 reviews. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British epic drama film adapted from Thomas Hardy's book of the same name. The film, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch, and directed by John Schlesinger, was Schlesinger's fourth film (and his third collaboration with Christie). It
A Face in the Crowd (film) review in "Cahiers du Cinéma", he called the film "a great and beautiful work whose importance transcends the dimensions of a cinema review". Over the decades, critical opinion of the film has warmed considerably. "A Face in the Crowd" has a 92% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. A Face in the Crowd (film) A Face in the Crowd is a 1957 American drama film starring Andy Griffith (in his film debut), Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. The screenplay was written by Budd Schulberg, based on his