Please welcome our new teen reporter Mackenzie Schadel . When she isn't busy doing here homework Mackenzie will be doing reviews and all sorts of fun things for the site. Far From the Madding Crowd is simply astonishing If you prefer a romantic, yet dark movie, be prepared to head to the theater and get ready to experience a whole new world. Far From the Madding Crowd is simply astonishing. Far From the Madding Crowd is based in Victorian England with leading character Bathsheba Everdene ( Carey Mulligan ), an independent young lady, working on her Aunt’s farm. Next to their farm lives Gabriel Oak ( Matthias Schoenaerts ), a sheep herder. Soon after they meet, he proposes marriage to Bathsheba, which she doesn’t give an answer, which was an alternative ‘no’ to Gabriel. Not much later, Bathsheba’s uncle dies and she inherits his property, a farm and the home. It had been little time since she moved in and the barn on the property catches fire, which is the perfect oppo