Twisted

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Twisted

1996

1h 40m

Drama

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5 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A group of decadent men cares for a homeless orphan.

Stephen Holden

New York Times

05/20/2003

1.5/4

Overacted, underwritten, murky (some scenes appear to have been filmed by candelight), and essentially implausible, it succeeds only in churning up an atmosphere of ghoulish sentimentality.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

08/15/2002

4/5

Donsky, who gives his cast the confidence to show considerable emotion, clearly understands that he is working with lurid material, and he plays against it, seemingly as inspired by Dickens as by the silent cinema...

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David Reddish

Queerty

05/09/2022

Twisted is a film ahead of its time in many ways...

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Ken Fox

TV Guide

04/09/2019

2/5

Donsky brings little to his characters, and his threadbare story lacks any of the moral purpose that allows Dickens's tale to transcend its own almost unbearable cruelty.

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Bob Satuloff

Film Journal International

01/01/2000

Donsky, whose background is in the theatre, gives the film a solid structure, reveals a stylist's eye, and draws lively performances from a uniformly colorful cast.

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Synopsis

A group of decadent men cares for a homeless orphan.

Director: Seth Michael Donsky
Producer: Adrian Agramonte, Seth Michael Donsky, John Hochroth
Screenwriter: Seth Michael Donsky
Distributor: Leisure Time Features
Production Co: Don Quixote Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m