Overview
Genre :
Drama, FamilyRelease Date :
September 30, 2005MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Roman PolanskiStarring :
Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Lewis Chase, Frances Cuka, Jake Curran, Harry Eden, Frank Finlay, Jamie Foreman, Chris Overton, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..the director's weakest film since 1988's Frantic...”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
“..the director relates the familiar story in an all-too-familiar way...”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..so drab and unfeeling, so lacking the Polanski stamp..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..seems rushed and is more than a little impersonal...”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
“..is in the tradition of every faithful Oliver Twist ever filmed..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
“..Involving, captivating and nearly note perfect..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
“..handsomely mounted, truer to its source material, and, in a few poignant moments, quite wonderful,..”
by Kim Morgan [Reel]
“..does tighten its grip toward the end..”
by Anthony Lane [The New Yorker]
“..comes off as more of a nibble than anything else...”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
“..comes across as uninspired and flat...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..an acceptable yet thoroughly uninspiring twist on the orphaned Oliver..”
by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
“..a skillfully crafted and well-acted film..”
by Kit Bowen [Hollywood]
“..a respectable telling of a classic story...”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
“..a proficient and mostly pleasurable movie..”
by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
“..a film where art direction triumphs but genuine art remains elusive...”
by Phil Hall [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
“..a beautiful piece of cinema..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
Reviewed by Steve Schenider [Orlando Weekly]
