When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Oliver Twist has generally received positive reviews.
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Oliver Twist was released in 2005 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 395 reviews, giving Oliver Twist (2005) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 72% and users giving an average score of 69%.
With a score of 67%, Oliver Twist is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2005, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2005 with similar scores include films like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Inside Deep Throat and The Jacket.
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