The read
A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Metacritic 65/100. Scores higher than 71% of the 929 2000s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Metacritic65/100
1,261 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barney ClarkOliver Twist
- Ben KingsleyFagin
- Jamie ForemanBill Sikes
- Harry EdenThe Artful Dodger
- Edward HardwickeMr. Brownlow
- Leanne RoweNancy
- Ian McNeiceMr. Limbkins
- Chris OvertonNoah Claypole
- Andy LindenMr. Gamfield
- Teresa ChurcherCharlotte
- Jake CurranBarney
- TurboBullseye (Dog)
Stills
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Themes
child abuselondon, englandstreet gangbased on novel or bookpickpocketchildren's homerunawaychild labourorphanagethiefkids
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