Twist
 | Directed by Jacob Tierney Starring: Nick Stahl, Joshua Close, Gary Farmer, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, Tygh Runyan Strand Releasing, 2003, DVD Customer Rating: 19 reviews Recommend |
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Twist is a calmly lucid re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist, updated to current times and moved out of the poor house and onto the streets of Toronto. Told from the point of view of The Artful Dodger (Nick Stahl), Twist is no longer a tale of the misfortunes of boys, but rather about the prosaically beautiful Oliver who falls into the hands of down-and-out young men. Dodge takes the young man under his wing and instructs him in the unforgiving arts of drug abuse and prostitution. As Oliver's innocence dissolves, both young men confront inner and outer demons and, strangely, it is Dodge who finds he cannot escape his past.
Title: Twist
Sales Rank: 35150 in DVD
Actor: Nick Stahl, Joshua Close, Gary Farmer, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, Tygh Runyan
Director: Jacob Tierney
Studio: Strand Releasing, 2004-10-19, Theatrical Release: 2003
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 97 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
- Dark and beautiful
- This a beautifully written, directed, photographed and acted little movie. Joshua Close (whom I'd never heard of) is especially moving and believable as the sweetly naive and vulnerable quasi-title character Oliver, and Nick Stahl is brilliant as always playing a deeply troubled but fascinating victim of his past and his own bad choices. All the secondary roles… More reviews
- Don't Watch This Movie
- I watched this entire movie waiting for it to get better. Much as I love Nick Stahl's acting, even he could not save this film. I threw it in the trash (where it belongs) because I knew I would never watch it again. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen (that honor belongs to, "Indecent Proposal") but it may be the second. More reviews
- Interesting take on a classic.
- Twist, the gay subculture version of Dickens' classic Oliver Twist, is a loose adaptation updated for the 21st century. It is VERY dark, in my opinion, depressing--devoid of the hope for young Oliver and Dodge that exists in the original. I found it interesting mainly from the standpoint of a different take. It seemed to me that several of the characters were too extreme--Oliver was too naive… More reviews
- Something New on Oliver
- "Twist"
Something New on Oliver
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
"Twist" is a retelling of the Charles Dickens's classic "Oliver Twist". It is updated to the modern age and moved out of the poor house and onto the streets of Toronto and this time it is told from Dodge's (Artful Dodger) point of view. Oliver, whose beauty is all consuming,… More reviews
- No wonder I have not heard of it
- I picked this up in the DVD store and it had a few labels on the front saying "official selection from such and such film festival". I read the back and it said it was a new take on the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist. Well, let me tell you that Dickens himself would be totally offended by this rubbish.
Basically the film… More reviews
