Oliver Twist
Crime, Drama, Family
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2005
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An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
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Runtime:
130 min
Release date:
23 Sep 2005
Country:
CZ, FR, IT, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$42,580,321
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Poignant and primal, Roman Polanski's splendid adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic pricks the heart and the conscience.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
In Oliver Twist, it's the viewer who is punished.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
It's noble, high-minded and safe, and I can't help thinking that I would have preferred an audacious but honest failure.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
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.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
30 Sep 2005
fresh:
A grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Sep 2005