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Oliver Twist

2005 · 130 min

A sombre, handsomely mounted Victorian drama that moves at a steady pace, mixing cruelty and menace with moments of tenderness.

Overview
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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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • crime
    • class
    • survival
    • family
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, drama, family
    Directed by
    Roman Polanski
    Written by
    Ronald Harwood
    Starring
    Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Leanne Rowe, Ian McNeice, Chris Overton
    Music
    Rachel Portman
    Cinematography
    Paweł Edelman
    Runtime
    130 min
    Country
    Czech Republic, France, Italy, United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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