That was an excellent one.

Boring

Absolutely the worst movie.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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.

Homeless little boy Oliver (Trench) abandoned at orphanage and during one meal he pleads : 'Please, Sir I want some more' . He's mistreated and the abused orphan escapes and befriends Artful Dodger (a scoundrel Elijah Wood) , a roguish pickpocket . Dodger introduces him into a band of youthful thieves commanded by Fagin (Richard Dreyfuss, also producer) in debt to the cruel Sikes (David O'Hara) . Then the young boy is forced into a life of thievery until his rescue by a good and kindly maid.This is one of at least ten versions of the world-known novel , being an entertaining adaptation from Charles Dickens classic . Cool performance by Richard Dreyfuss as the great manipulator Fagin , though Elijah Wood at the height of his stardom , steals the show . It's made in a television style and shot in Ireland . The motion picture was professionally directed by Tony Bill , usual actor and occasionally director of cinema and TV films.Other renditions about this popular story are the followings : The silent version with Jackie Coogan and Lon Chaney ; 1948 the classic film by David Lean with John Howard (Oliver) , Anthony Newley(Dodger) , Alec Guinness(Fagin), Sikes(Robert Newton) ; musical and Oscarized 1968 version by Carol Reed with Mark Lester (Oliver) , Jack Wild (Dodger), Ron Moody (Faguin), Oliver Reed (Sikes) and finally recent and lush version by Roman Polanski with Ben Kingsley (Fagin).

As we are all too aware, nothing nasty ever happens in the wonderful world of Disney.Why,then,did Disney try their dead hand at Charles Dickens great novel of social injustice,child abuse,crime and poverty? Do not watch this appallingly bad film which shares little with the book other than the name.At least Lionel Bart's 'Oliver!' had a couple of decent songs in 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.