Oliver Twist (2005)
7/10
Nice, but I was expecting for more
16 November 2005
For more? Yes, indeed, because a Charles Dickens work directed by Roman Polanski was very promising an idea to me. When I first watched the trailer, I said "I MUST watch this one".

The trailer does gives a very good picture of the movie, capturing its atmosphere at its best (as any movie trailer is supposed to do). What when cannot possibly deduce from the trailer is that Oliver Twist doesn't really reach a climax in any certain point and I think this is its main drawback.

The story is beautifully depicted and one sees a nice picture of past centuries' London, the story is very interesting, but not a great amount of intensity is added to it by Polanski.

Certainly worth watching, but unfortunately not the masterpiece one could have expected from the Dickens-Polanski combination of its creation.
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