The emotional, true story of Ikey Solomon, an infamous British convict whose life is considered to have been the inspiration for Dickens' Fagin of Oliver Twist and perhaps also an influence on the creation of the felon Magwitch of Great Expectations. The First Fagin seamlessly blends narration (by Miriam Margolyes of Harry Potter movie fame), still photography, historical records, interviews with scholars and historians, and vivid dramatic re-enactment. Using an entirely Tasmanian cast as well as the picturesque Tasmanian landscape and historical sites as background for the drama, the film also offers insight into the 19th century British penal colony in Van Diemen's Land.
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The First Fagin was released in 2012 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving The First Fagin (2012) an average rating of 44%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Professional critics were more impressed with The First Fagin than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 44%, The First Fagin is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Paranormal Activity 4, One for the Money and Aftershock.
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