All of the jokes seem to be based on "oh look! A woman having sex! How funny!." Only the movie is instead rampant sexual harassment, sexual manipulation, and sex shaming. There isn't any satire of period dramas or greed.
I could see where this movie was trying to go as a gold-digger realizing her true love is a thief is narratively satisfying, but it never even comes close to anything funny or satirical.
Thank you to all the reviewers pointing this was made only because of the success of Tom Jones. I have not seen the movie but looking at the failure of Joseph Andrews, it appears Tom Jones is lighting in a bottle that can't be captured. There's a fine line between "ooh this is a sexy comedy" and "this is unfunny." The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders is unfunny and pointless.
I could see where this movie was trying to go as a gold-digger realizing her true love is a thief is narratively satisfying, but it never even comes close to anything funny or satirical.
Thank you to all the reviewers pointing this was made only because of the success of Tom Jones. I have not seen the movie but looking at the failure of Joseph Andrews, it appears Tom Jones is lighting in a bottle that can't be captured. There's a fine line between "ooh this is a sexy comedy" and "this is unfunny." The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders is unfunny and pointless.