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A recluse who lives his life making furniture, discovers a two year old orphan on his doorstep. Making a new life together their relationship is threatened when the natural father appears... Based around the George Elliot novel 'Silas Marner'. Read more

Starring	Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin
Director	Gillies MacKinnon, Gillies Mackinnon
Genres	Children, Drama

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Critic's review of A Simple Twist Of Fate
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- A not entirely successful attempt to make the plot of Eliot's Victorian novel work in a modern setting, but it has its moments.
- 33224
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 10
  - 2
  Silas Martin
  
  If you enjoyed Steve Martin in Roxane then this could be another film for you, although this is a serious drama rather than a comedy. It is loosely based on the... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
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  - Chelmsford Essex
  - 20 Jul 2004 at 07:09
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- - 0
  - 0
  awful
  
  pruduced, directed and starring Steve Martin.... need i say more? he needs to find someone prepared to tell him the truth as this simply didnt work and was ... read more »
  
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- - Mike Booth
  - Tamworth, UK
  - 12 Dec 2005 at 09:07
- - 1
  - 0
  really nice story, good acting
  
  well I watched this with my kids and we all enjoyed it, the story was really moving and you wanted to watch to see what happened to the girl, all actresses who ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 165981
- - Debbie Hanson
  - Wales
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 00:04
- - 0
  - 0
  simply lovely
  
  A simple easy to watch movie where Steve Martin is as usual brilliant. A lovely version of Silas Marner in a modern setting a good Sunday afternoon relaxing ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 162585
- - a customer
  - Emsworth, Hampshire
  - 18 Oct 2005 at 12:04
- - 1
  - 0
  Silas Martin
  
  Steve Martin's adaptation of George Eliot's 'Silas Marner' feels very much like a victorian story transported to modern times and disappoints ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 134769
- - adw001
  - 10 reviews
  - Maidstone
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 17:46
- - 0
  - 0
  family watching
  
  Family movie throu & throu ~ at last a movie with the feel good factor that doesn't make you squirm!!!
  
  Now the footy has finished this a ... read more »
  
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- 134460
- - Martin
  - City of Brighton & Hove
  - 20 May 2005 at 07:10
- - 1
  - 0
  Feelgood 'TV-movie'
  
  Steve Martin obviously wanted to try 'serious' acting, but seem to have lost his nerve somewhere and thought 'Hmm, I'd better put a few jokes in... read more »
  
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- - Moles
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 18 Apr 2005 at 19:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Simple twist of fate
  
  Very good film, with that Steve Martin touch. Good plot, well played by all the characters. Now I want to read the book it is based on (Silas Marner).
  
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- 80292
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  - Somerset, England
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 11:18
- - 3
  - 0
  Simply Good
  
  This was a surprisingly enjoyable film. I'm not a great Steve Martin fan you see, the prancing around gets a little predictable. But here, he or the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 78635
- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 06 Mar 2005 at 22:31
- - 10
  - 2
  Silas Martin
  
  If you enjoyed Steve Martin in Roxane then this could be another film for you, although this is a serious drama rather than a comedy. It is loosely based on the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 11362
- - a customer
  - Chelmsford Essex
  - 20 Jul 2004 at 07:09
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 10
  - 2
  Silas Martin
  
  If you enjoyed Steve Martin in Roxane then this could be another film for you, although this is a serious drama rather than a comedy. It is loosely based on the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 11362
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Chelmsford Essex
  - 20 Jul 2004 at 07:09
- - 3
  - 0
  Simply Good
  
  This was a surprisingly enjoyable film. I'm not a great Steve Martin fan you see, the prancing around gets a little predictable. But here, he or the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 78635
- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 06 Mar 2005 at 22:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Feelgood 'TV-movie'
  
  Steve Martin obviously wanted to try 'serious' acting, but seem to have lost his nerve somewhere and thought 'Hmm, I'd better put a few jokes in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 93869
- - Moles
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 18 Apr 2005 at 19:13
- - 1
  - 0
  Silas Martin
  
  Steve Martin's adaptation of George Eliot's 'Silas Marner' feels very much like a victorian story transported to modern times and disappoints ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 134769
- - adw001
  - 10 reviews
  - Maidstone
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 17:46
- - 1
  - 0
  really nice story, good acting
  
  well I watched this with my kids and we all enjoyed it, the story was really moving and you wanted to watch to see what happened to the girl, all actresses who ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 165981
- - Debbie Hanson
  - Wales
  - 26 Oct 2005 at 00:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Simple twist of fate
  
  Very good film, with that Steve Martin touch. Good plot, well played by all the characters. Now I want to read the book it is based on (Silas Marner).
  
  Report this review
- 80292
- - a customer
  - Somerset, England
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 11:18
- - 0
  - 0
  family watching
  
  Family movie throu & throu ~ at last a movie with the feel good factor that doesn't make you squirm!!!
  
  Now the footy has finished this a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 134460
- - Martin
  - City of Brighton & Hove
  - 20 May 2005 at 07:10
- - 0
  - 0
  simply lovely
  
  A simple easy to watch movie where Steve Martin is as usual brilliant. A lovely version of Silas Marner in a modern setting a good Sunday afternoon relaxing ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 162585
- - a customer
  - Emsworth, Hampshire
  - 18 Oct 2005 at 12:04
- - 0
  - 0
  awful
  
  pruduced, directed and starring Steve Martin.... need i say more? he needs to find someone prepared to tell him the truth as this simply didnt work and was ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 183845
- - Mike Booth
  - Tamworth, UK
  - 12 Dec 2005 at 09:07

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Critics' reviews
- A not entirely successful attempt to make the plot of Eliot's Victorian novel work in a modern setting, but it has its moments.
- 33224
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- Inspired by George Eliot's Silas Marner, Martin wrote this ambitious contemporary drama of parents and parenthood, and... read more on Time Out
- 46508
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16

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  A recluse who lives his life making furniture, discovers a two year old orphan on his doorstep. Making a new life together their relationship is threatened when the natural father appears... Based around the George Elliot novel 'Silas Marner'....