
In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him.... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house.
Leave your thoughts about Oliver Twist.
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAltogether remarkable, a near-masterpiece. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation. |
| Charlotte WeeklySean O'ConnellDespite the length, you'll never fault the film's craftsmanship. |
| Orlando WeeklySteve SchneiderPolanski's Twist is a serious and credible movie with a great many virtues -- gorgeous cinematography and an activist zeal chief among them -- but it's something you watch rather than lose yourself in. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekThis is that rare movie version of a great novel in which watching IS reading. |
| Fantastica DailyChuck O'LearyA severely overlooked, exceedingly well-done version of an oft-told tale...One of the best films of 2005. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPolanski's film is visually exact and detailed without being too picturesque. This is not Ye Olde London, but Ye Harrowing London, teeming with life and dispute. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferIt's an impeccable production on a visual level and undeniably a well-made film, but the narrative often lacks the spark to bring it to life. |
| Sympatico.caAngela Baldassarre"Oliver Twist" deserves to be recognized as one of the director's better films. |
| F5 (Wichita, KS)Jake EukerIt's not Dickens and it's not David Lean, either. This perverse retelling of a classic could only be the work of one filmmaker that I can think of. It's my boy Polanski. |