Oliver Twist (1997)
Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with after escaping from a sweat shop and going to London to find his relatives. Written by John Sacksteder
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Just last week I was walking through the electronic area in Wal-mart when I saw 'Oliver Twist' on DVD for only $9.66. I bought it right there and the very next day, I watched it and loved it! Elijah Wood is a fabulous Dodger and the six year old Oliver is so cute. This is not my most favourite version of 'Oliver Twist' (my favourite is Oliver and Company), but it is great. But there are two things I found rather annoying.1. The characters talk either to quietly or to quickly and 2. every so often the screen just stops, the characters freeze and it looks like a drawing from an old book. Any way, I think its SO much better than the musical. All in all this is a great film and I just watched it two hours ago.
There have been better film versions of Dickens' classic novel 'Oliver Twist,' and while this adaptation may not be topping the bill, it is a film to be enjoyed. Richard Dreyfuss gives a brilliant character lead portrayal of Fagin that entertains and delights, and Elijah Wood gives a most endearingly wicked performance of everyone's favorite character the Artful Dodger. I would recommend it to anyone
This is a movie for the young-not showing too much of a classic that might scare them, helping them see that good will reign in this earth, and a really hot guy name Elijah Wood!!! Okay, I know, this movie might not even be all that good but I can't make a sound judgement because Elijah did so beautifully in this movie. It was-in my opinion-his best role. It shows the extent of his acting, and his heart that he pours into it.
I think that this is probably the worst version of Dicken's superb novel ever. I think people should definately give up on making new and "better" films of Oliver, as there are already enough terrible ones. In the first few scenes of being introduced to Fagin in this movie, all the characters pronounced his name wrong.. as if it were Fajin. I nearly burst into laughter at this, and even more so when gradually throughout the feature his name was changed to its correct sound.Overall, I think the entire movie was a schamozzle. It did not revolve much around the book AT ALL.