
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.... (Full plot summary below)
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Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSir Carol Reed's Oliver! is a treasure of a movie. It is very nearly universal entertainment, one of those rare films like The Wizard of Oz that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people. |
| New York Daily NewsWanda HaleOliver! is a timeless classic that will be as lovable in 10 or 20 years as it is today. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordEye-filling and lively, but it was better on the stage |
| Time OutW. Stephen GilbertReed is craftsman enough to make an efficient family entertainment out of Lionel Bart's musical, but not artist enough to put back any of Dickens' teeth which Bart had so assiduously drawn. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrCarol Reed's careful if passionless adaptation of the musical was mounted handsomely enough to win the best-picture Oscar back in 1969. In retrospect, it seems emblematic of the triviality Reed descended to in the last years of his career. |
| GuardianIan Wright[A] picture that will as firmly imprint itself on the imagination of the young as did some scenes in Snow White more than a generation ago. |
| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonMistrust a movie with too many close-ups of Bisto Kid children and doleful dogs: they suggest a director cleverly boxing his way out of some very tight script corners. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelSome of the set pieces are overdone but the final scenes take on an almost operatic quality. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullMemorable, and responsible for inspiring a cottage industry of ragamuffin musicals a la Newsies. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeAs big-budget adaptations Broadway shows go, this is one of the best. |