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- 1968
- G
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 33 m
- 1968
- G
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 33 m
Summary After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Directed By: Carol Reed
Written By: Lionel Bart, Vernon Harris, Charles Dickens
- 1968
- G
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 33 m
- 1968
- G
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 33 m
Oliver!
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6.8
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Summary After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Directed By: Carol Reed
Written By: Lionel Bart, Vernon Harris, Charles Dickens
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
74
64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Oliver! is a timeless classic that will be as lovable in 10 or 20 years as it is today.
It's not only a musical entertainment but an imaginative version of the novel as a lyrical, macabre fable.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.8
70% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.8
70% Positive
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Oliver! is better than most screen musicals of the 1960s, a period when oversized, poorly rendered songfests virtually killed the genre.
Some of the set pieces are overdone but the final scenes take on an almost operatic quality.
Reed is craftsman enough to make an efficient family entertainment out of Lionel Bart's musical, but not artist enough to put back any of Dickens' teeth which Bart had so assiduously drawn.
Even if you're not a 'fan' of the musicals, Oliver is so witty, so bright and so endearing that even the iciest viewer should start melting in it's corona.
The focus of the movie is so wide, and the logistics of the production so heavy, that Oliver himself, dutifully played by 9-year-old Mark Lester, gets flattened out and almost lost, as if he had been run over by a studio bulldozer.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Wins & 12 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 8 Nominations
