Jude (1996)

Based on the 1895 novel Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy.

A working-class man has dreams of becoming a scholar. His first marriage is a failure. He later falls in love with his cousin.

I guess the above synopsis is to this film what this film is to the source novel. If you like synopses and abridgements, I guess you will like the movie. As for myself, it prompts me to speculate I wouldn't like the novel much. I also speculate it could be construed as a joke. A very obscure one the theme of which could be speculated to be the consequences of letting sex govern one's life.

Rating: 50