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6.2/10
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A queer "Oliver Twist" update set in the hustler district of modern-day Toronto.A queer "Oliver Twist" update set in the hustler district of modern-day Toronto.A queer "Oliver Twist" update set in the hustler district of modern-day Toronto.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
- Noah
- (as Max McCabe)
Dave Graham
- Buck
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- GoofsAt the end of the film, Dodge pays a visit to Bill's place. His face is ravaged from the mugging of the previous evening. When he comes out of the house, his face shows no signs of the damage that was present when he entered the house.
- ConnectionsReferences Perry Mason: The Case of the Twice-Told Twist (1966)
- SoundtracksYou Strutted and Fretted Across
Written by Jim Guthrie
Performed by Royal City
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Half A Twist
It goes without saying that updating and reinventing a classic tale is a minefield of potential mismatches, and anyone familiar with the original is disinclined to suffer fools gladly. In this case, even if the viewer tunes out Dickens, the best that can be said of it is that some of the acting (particularly Stahl) scores and the technical values are at least adequate.
Because none of the characters is fully developed, there is no opportunity to judge much beyond that. And because the plot is therefore weak and wobbly, the only thing left for comments is trying to find isolated bits of action or notions relating to one's own experiences. For example, I found the scenes involving heroin use strangely devoid of release, merely technical and prophylactic. In order for a screenplay to succeed, it needs to draw the viewer into the feelings of the actors. That happens only rarely here in spite of what one senses is good dramatic potential.
I think I'll stick with Dickens.
Because none of the characters is fully developed, there is no opportunity to judge much beyond that. And because the plot is therefore weak and wobbly, the only thing left for comments is trying to find isolated bits of action or notions relating to one's own experiences. For example, I found the scenes involving heroin use strangely devoid of release, merely technical and prophylactic. In order for a screenplay to succeed, it needs to draw the viewer into the feelings of the actors. That happens only rarely here in spite of what one senses is good dramatic potential.
I think I'll stick with Dickens.
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- B24
- Apr 14, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,370
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,887
- May 23, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $47,370
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