Movie

Oliver Twist

1997 · 91 min

A gentle, storybook Dickens adaptation that moves briskly through hardship toward warmth, easy to follow and comforting despite the cruelty.

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.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and dark. Measured and easy to follow.
Content: Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: None
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none