Fresh
Poignant and primal, Roman Polanski's splendid adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic pricks the heart and the conscience.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Oliver Twist
ADAPTED FROM CHARLES DICKENS' CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL!- HASHIR
2005 · 2h 10m · PG-13
Crime, Drama, Family
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Overview
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Director and cast
- Roman Polanski Director
- Barney Clark as Oliver Twist
- Ben Kingsley as Fagin
- Jamie Foreman as Bill Sikes
- Harry Eden as The Artful Dodger
- Edward Hardwicke as Mr. Brownlow
- Leanne Rowe as Nancy
- Ian McNeice as Mr. Limbkins
- Timothy Bateson as Parson
- Chris Overton as Noah Claypole
- Andy Linden as Mr. Gamfield
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
In Oliver Twist, it's the viewer who is punished.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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
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
Fresh
A grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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