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- The film received mixed to positive reviews, holding a 61% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 143 reviews, averaging 6.3/10. The consensus reads, "Polanski's version of Dickens' classic won't have audiences asking for more because while polished and directed with skill, the movie's a very impersonal experience."
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Sep 29, 2005 · "Oliver Twist" tells the story of an orphan in a dangerous city, whose survival sometimes depends upon those very people who would use him badly. "The Pianist" is about a Jew who hides himself in Warsaw during the Holocaust, and at a crucial moment is spared by a German soldier.
The film concerns Oliver Twist (Barney Clark), an innocent and ill-treated waif who is living at a workhouse in early 19th-century . The orphan escapes and he goes to London plunging in the underbelly . There he's dragged into a life of crime when is befriended by a band of youthful pickpockets .
Beautiful, but very dark. Not for sensitive kids. Read Common Sense Media's Oliver Twist review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Roman Polanski
- Cynthia Fuchs
- Barney Clarke, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift
Sep 30, 2005 · Oliver Twist: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Barney Clark, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice, Richard Durden. An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- (34K)
- Crime, Drama
- Roman Polanski
- 2005-09-30
Movie Review. Nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist lives in a squalid workhouse in 19th century England. After being mistreated by the family that has taken him in, Oliver runs away and walks the 70 miles to London, where he encounters conditions more squalid than what he had just left.
- Roman Polanski
Sep 30, 2005 · An orphan (Barney Clark) in 19th-century London falls in with a gang of young pickpockets who steal for their villainous master (Ben Kingsley).
- (142)
- Drama, Adventure, Musical
- PG-13
Oliver! transforms Charles Dickens' muckraking novel into a jaunty musical Victorian fairytale, buoyed by Ron Moody's charming star turn and Onna White's rapturous choreography. Read Critics...
- (78)
- Musical
- G
