Oliver! (1968)
We accidentally started this movie at the half-way point (I hate DVDs that are poorly labeled) and didn’t even notice till it ended rather suddenly. Starting over from the start didn’t improve things much. It’s possible that the book Oliver Twist is as poorly plotted as this movie, but I doubt it (I have more faith in Dickens).
Why on earth are Fagin and Sikes so freaked out about Oliver leaving? Haven’t kids run away before? It appears that Oliver is a member of the gang for approximately 12 hours before he’s adopted. He hardly has time to meet Dodger before being sent off to bed and then sent off to get caught, let alone become so familiar with the gang as to represent a threat. Admittedly, the kid playing Oliver isn’t too bad, since all he has to do is stand there with a bemused look on his face as the events in the movie pass him by.