Streamlined take on an old classic

Cinema: Far From The Madding Crowd. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Nationwide, cert 12A. Rating: ***. Samba. Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. Selected, cert 12A. Rating: ***. Also opening Unfriended. (nationwide, 16). Cyber-bullying fou

Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan in Far From The Madding Crowd

Carey Mulligan makes a fine Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Vinterberg’s handsome but dramatically underpowered take on Thomas Hardy’s classic pastoral novel, set in the wilds of ...