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The life of a young orphan boy, whose mother has been died upon her birth, so he has taken to a workhouse, where he suffers from the abuse he receives, so he has been left the workhouse to be taken by a dangerous street robber, who hijacks young children and teaches them how to be good robbers.
29 January 1991, London, England, UK
22 November 1944, London, England, UK
5 February 1929, London, England, UK
2 October 1950, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
1929, London, England, UK
8 February 1944, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
12 April 1998, Paris, France
11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
31 December 1943, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
5 August 1963, London, England, UK
1982, Essex, England, UK
19 September 1958, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
21 August 1936, London, England, UK
25 June 1993, Hackney, London, England, UK
19 February 1986, London, England, UK
24 October 1974, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
3 April 1926, London, England, UK
13 February 1933, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
August 29, 2013
A smorgasbord of urban decay, social disorder, and class conflict imbues the film with a potent sensualitySeptember 30, 2005
A grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation.September 30, 2005
Poignant and primal, Roman Polanski's splendid adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic pricks the heart and the conscience.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.September 30, 2005
In Oliver Twist, it's the viewer who is punished.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.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 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
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.September 30, 2005
Oliver Twist is a lovely, tony picture, but it isn't exactly essential.