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Twist Reviews
lousy update of the Dicken's 'oliver twist'
This modernized Oliver Twist is a good film. It's understated, and all the more upsetting for it: the gradual degradation of the Oliver character is believable and genuinely disturbing. The slow-burn tragedy of the story, the literal darkening of the atmosphere as day scenes give way entirely to night, convince the viewer as effectively as the characters that there is no way out of their unhappiness. The weight of the movie is on Stahl as the Artful Dodger ("Dodge"), and he carries it faultlessly.
Drab and uncompeing twist on Oliver Twist. Probably couldnt be worse.
I am stunned by the negative reviews - especially from "professional" critics who condemn the movie simply because it is sad. Well, clearly they have no knowledge of the historical impact of the Dickens tale. It was a eye-opening sketch regarding the exploitation of poor kids. This is the same story in a modern face. People are uncomfortable with sex - especially among youth. They are also clearly uncomfortable with poverty. What I find interesting is that critics gushed over the movie Precious - even though it is stark, sexual, and extremely depressing. Yet -- this same film provokes condemnation for being equally sad. I suspect that people are used to seeing poverty and devastation in black face -- especially in the US. But seeing it among white youth - especially "gay" youth is too much for them. Too many stereotypes are challenged. Statistics, however, show that very high percentages of gay youth are homeless, and many of them engage in prostitution for survival. Take off your blinders folks. This is real! Same-sex marriage will not cure it.
enjoyable and let's face it, it happens in this world. it's nice to see it being brought to light. so to the reviewers who are offended, think about the kids who live this life really, would you poo poo them away or be offended by them?
I reserve one star reviews for movies that are not just mediocre but that offend me. And Twist came close. It's the timidity of filming of gay subjects. There are as many gay subjects as straight so I don't have to see graphic sex and lots of skin, but I take offense to the purposeful refusal to engage these techniques in a film about gay hustlers. There is, for example, a kiss between Nick Stahl's character and Joshua Close's that is so clearly faked it would be laughable if it weren't so tedious. This is the kind of quaint filmmaking in which there is fast cut before even showing a man in his underwear, as if it would be in the worst taste to do so. And, of course, it's a terrible, pompous bore of a film, meandering and pointless. The retelling of Oliver Twist, names not changed, feels hopelessly contrived and unintentionally amusing. Two good things: the soundtrack is excellent, introducing me to two new artists, Royal City and Gentleman Reg. And the feel of Toronto in winter is very tactile, and convincing.
I can only say this is one fucked up movie. Incest, gay prostitution, drugs, characters we never see and a plot that made no sense. Nothing hot about this flick.
I only liked it die to the fact it's a gay Oliver twist
The underworlds... of Toronto! Don't see that portrayed very often! Dark, sad and surreal.
When they said "loosely based on Oliver Twist", they should have said VERY loosely based. All the same, it was harsh, disturbing, and captivating throughout.
This is a a fantastic take on Oliver Twist.
A very interesting modern "twist" on the Dickens classic. Very dark, very emotional and (best of all) no precocious children. Not without it's flaws, but all in all a decent production.
This movie is realy something. Not a happy one, but a story about love and dying and life. Nick Stahl is so beautiful in this movie and also Joshua Close. I saw him for the first time. What a great performance. Things are not for granted in this story. A new few on Oliver Twist. A must see I would see. All stars for Twist. And all my love goed to the actors!!!!
A stripling of 24, Tierney has a very young man's immature passion for unrelieved misery, which borders at times on the tedious, at others on the downright comical.
UMMMM....once again...if your into male prostitutes(or Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist) this is the way to go. Kind of a dark retelling of the old tale.
another twist on a classic that I don't quite get, because I haven't seen the original yet. also another fictional documentary about middle-lower class america and how messed up most of us are.