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Oliver Twist
In the 19th century London, a young orphan boy named Oliver Twist, who lost his mother after his birth and sent to the workhouse, where he has a miserable life, the thing that leads him to flee to meet a gangster, who hijacks young children and teaches them the robbery, in order to work with them in the exchange of having a bed and food.
24 October 1974, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
1948, Colchester, Essex, England, UK
8 February 1944, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
20 January 1993, Paris, France
1 March 1990, Essex, England, UK
20 May 1915, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
September 27, 2006
Polanski's film is not a bad adaptation, and it may be a fine way to introduce children to the classic story. But it is not exactly a definitive version of that story.September 30, 2005
Oliver Twist is a lovely, tony picture, but it isn't exactly essential.September 30, 2005
Poignant and primal, Roman Polanski's splendid adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic pricks the heart and the conscience.February 08, 2007
The unspoken sense of youthful post-traumatic holocaust syndrome shock and awe in Polanski's Twist is as palpable as the murky stench and appalling human misery of Dickens' chaotic London streets.September 01, 2009
The horrors are comfily buttressed by storybook polishApril 25, 2011
Oliver Twist is an affecting and refreshing adaptation of Dickens seminal work from a master director.September 30, 2005
Great expectations are unavoidable when Roman Polanski takes on a Charles Dickens classic. Alas, his version of Oliver Twist fails to live up to them.August 02, 2007
Polanski has crafted something that already feels like a classic film, beautiful to look at, combining accurate period detail with a certain gothic expressionism and brimming with earthy characters and high drama.September 30, 2005
A grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation.September 30, 2005
In Oliver Twist, it's the viewer who is punished.September 30, 2005
It's noble, high-minded and safe, and I can't help thinking that I would have preferred an audacious but honest failure.August 29, 2013
A smorgasbord of urban decay, social disorder, and class conflict imbues the film with a potent sensuality