Oliver Twist

This is a marvelous and tremendously entertainig film. Oliver Twist may be Dickens at his best. Polanski gets Oliver Twist right and it deserves two big thumbs up.... Full review

Years ago I saw the musical Oliver and though it portrayed the gloom and despair of England's orphans, it didn't make you want to cry all the way through it. This movie was so tragic, you couldn't even leave with a... Full review

Looking at the other reviews, I wouldn't know what to think of this movie. But this is a general review that will make you ask yourself if you really want to see this or not. Roman Polanski's newest work of art... Full review

You like couldnt understand what they were saying unless u were English. it was all jiberrish to me. btu the actors were GREAT! and the story was great. it was a great movie.... Full review

I have never seen the play but I think after seeing this movie i'd want to. It was really layered and kept you watching. The actors matched well with the characters. Just a really good movie.... Full review

In the Nineteenth Century, the orphan Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is sent to a workhouse, where the children are barely fed and mistreated. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a... Full review

Very nice and fammily movie. Good was casting. Story is very good. This is film (movie) for all. Wait at Oscar for this movie.... Full review

It is the best movie i have ever seen.i had to watch it over and over.harry eden plays the Artful Dodger and he is HOT!!!I highly suggest it as a family movie.the age group should be 11-70.lol.... Full review

Geez that was probably one of the most amazing movies i've ever seen. That was so Dang good. Ben Kingsley gets Two thumbs way up. But Barney Clark gets a standing ovation that was so amazing. Barney Clark is an amazing... Full review

Being a Dicken's fan I really enjoyed this film. It was entertaining and worth seeing. A good movie for the people who find even the morbid times amusing. The kid who played Twist was absolutly adorable and a very talented young... Full review

Probably the thing that Polanski's Oliver Twist does best, is deliver the mood of the day. Clark's Oliver is more mechanical than endearing and his famous line 'Please sir, I want some more' at the beginning of the film, is almost thrown away. ... Full Review

For proof that a poor musical score can suffocate a film, "Oliver Twist" is your boy. The aspect of the novel no adapter can do anything about is simple: Oliver isn't a very interesting character. ... Full Review

Barney Clark won the role of Oliver after Polanski cast a wide net to find his young star. Inspired by a desire to produce a film that his children could enjoy, as well as by his own love of Charles Dickens' novel, he settled on "Oliver Twist. ... Full Review

The film is a noble failure....Polanski and Ronald Harwood struggle to cram every juicy detail of the story into the film's 130 minutes.....the second on the film's incredible historical recreation via its sets, costumes, and cinematography;....Framed along severe diagonal lines, Oliver Twist 's visual precision is startling....Indeed, this may be one of the more faithful productions of Oliver Twist.... ... Full Review

When Oliver gets pinched for pick pocketing, fate steps in and the boy is taken by a wealthy gentleman - who believes Oliver innocent and truly good. The DVD comes with some good special features that fans of Polanski and the Oliver Twist story will enjoy. ... Full Review

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The doctors were challenging Dickens' portrayal of Oliver and other orphan characters driven to the brink of starvation by a miserly diet of watery porridge. ... Full Article

"All is revealed" in the conclusion of "Oliver Twist."First, Oliver (Sam Smith) survives the shooting at Mr.Brownlow's country estate.Then he's taken in by Mrs. ... Full Article

With its themes of survival, love and betrayal, it's not surprising that Charles Dickens' classic tale has been revived again and again for the screen. ... Full Article

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