| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 7, 2004

My memory may be a little vague on this one, but I don't recall any incest scenes in the original Oliver Twist

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 4, 2004

This would make Dickens suicidal, probably in more than one way.

Full Review | Oct 19, 2004

One of the glummest recent attempts to drag a classic story into the 21st century.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 3, 2004

A surprisingly deep, dramatic twist on an old melodrama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2004

A joyless series of shooting-up scenes.

| Aug 8, 2004

Unrelenting in its tragedy, this movie should come with a major bummer warning or something to help you recover from the haunting images. The story is a little thin at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 6, 2004

The only thing funny about Twist is how seriously it takes its own pompous preposterousness.

| Original Score: D | Aug 5, 2004

Isn't without interest, but overall it's more an earnest attempt than a successful accomplishmrent.

| Original Score: C | Aug 4, 2004

The movie's far too stagy and pretentious.

| Jul 30, 2004

Cuaron ran into trouble by being overly faithful to Dickens' story, changing almost nothing except the setting.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 23, 2004

There's nothing here a handful of show-stopping production numbers -- or a good steam cleaning -- couldn't fix.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 16, 2004

Apart from the somewhat novel conceit of turning Dickens into the stuff of a Gus Van Sant picture (see My Own Private Idaho), there's nothing original, nor compelling, about Twist.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 8, 2004

Ultimately more unsavory than enlightening, and would have benefited from a more humorous approach to its purloined themes.

Full Review | Jun 22, 2004

transforming the ending into a more realistic outcome doesn't make this provocative arthouse fare

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 18, 2004

Exceptional performances and effective raw moments, but too sordid for enjoyment.

| Jun 7, 2004

Not much happens in Twist, apart from a dismal series of personal degradations, each more depressing than the last.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 4, 2004

[Tierney] shows a sure and confident hand in the script-writing, pacing and his vision of a starkly-shot grey, cold and inhospitable Toronto in the dead of winter.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 4, 2004

Stahl is definitely one to watch closely -- he's the real deal. But the emerging plot isn't.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 4, 2004

Decidedly dark but consistently engaging.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 3, 2004