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Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption-a timeless testament to the survival ... read more read more...of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. In December 2012, the world's longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper's sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo's epic tale. -- (C) Universal

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PG-13, 2 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Release Date: December 25, 2012

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  • skactopus
    May 12, 2013
    skactopus
    Despite a strong story, Tom Hooper's Les Miserables is a disappointing movie rendition.

    The film runs 2 and a half hours and yes, it feels that long. Nearly every line of dialogue is sung, which makes it a challenge to get a grasp of the story, even though it is popular

    ... read more enough as it is.

    The set and costume designs are nicely done; however, it isn't embraced fully because of the constant closeups of the characters singing. On the subject of singing, it has its ups and downs. This isn't a surprise given the long runtime.

    Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, and Samantha Barks are highlights. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helna Bonham Carter are a bit awkward. Russell Crowe is absolute garbage and he sings a lot. What a waste.

    Les Miserables has a high production value, but on delivery, it isn't as good as it sounds.
  • binky013
    May 4, 2013
    binky013
    When I rented the Les Miserables DVD, I thought that was the title of the movie. Turns out it was a description of the audience. I want to be entertained when I see a movie. I don't mean it has to be funny. I mean I want it to be engrossing. I want to feel like I've been absorbe... read mored into the film. Like time has stood still, place evaporates, and space has collapsed into the movie and me. Chinatown comes to mind. Another one is Casablanca. And The Sting is a classic example. For me, Russell Crowe is the star of the show. A great singing villain. He is the only one, for me, whose singing almost mirrored a stream of consciousness -- not just singing, but thinking his singing, if that makes sense.
  • samoriley
    April 25, 2013
    samoriley
    I'll admit being highly skeptical about the superb musical masterpiece being adapted onto the screen. However, I felt that it'll be interesting to see how loyal they keep the film to the show. Even after leaving the cinema, I kept on debating whether I enjoyed it or not. While I ... read morereally many aspects of the film, it was the choice of actors/actresses that got to me. For me, Hugh Jackman's performance of Jean Valjean really stood out for me, I was constantly gripped with every scene, from his moments of anger and despair, to his highlights of singing. I felt even though Russell Crowe wasn't the best choice for the notorious Javert, to me, he eventually picks himself up with later songs. The biggest hit and miss I found for this film was Anne Hathaway. I had read up that she was the big highlight of the film. Even though I didn't see what made her performance stand out, it didn't stop Hathaway from presenting a relatively strong character for Fantine. Even though 'Les Miserables' may have a dragging length to it, I'm glad it did its best in keeping to the original musical.
    It may not be the film for you, however, on the minimum, to me, the it's worth watching for Jackman's powerful yet possibly Oscar worthy portrayal.
  • fb1038944442
    April 20, 2013
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    Les Miserables is an long, mostly entertaining, over the top, melodramatic mess. Of course, it is very openly a melodrama, as per its source material of Victor Hugo's massive novel, but it falls down by cranking up the emotional volume to '11' (as per Spinal Tap) and never pulli... read moreng it any lower than 9. I like the stage musical, but seeing realistic and gritty sets with hand held endless closeups of actors and their tonsils emoting their pain takes a toll on a viewer. Somehow in theater, it worked much better and had more levels and moods.

    I may be the only doubter on the radical approach that director Tom Hooper took, by having the actors sing live to camera, but the tuneful songs are mostly undermined by screeching and Russell Crowe's vocal limitations. Though this approach works nicely for Ann Hathaway's Oscar moment in the sun, 'I Dreamed a Dream' which is an intimate song of despair, it mostly doesn't work for the rest of the musical material. It particularly does Hugh Jackman, a terrific singer normally, a disservice, where he shrieks unpleasantly much of the time, as his character is in pain for all three of the film's hours.

    The entire cast, including Crowe (singing aside), acquit themselves admirably for the most part and are well cast. Though Sasha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham-Carter's Thenardiers are very over the top in the baggy pants vaudeville of their comic relief, they are a welcome break from the earnest howling and gushing tears. Hathaway, who has no much more than twenty minutes screen time, deserved her Oscar, and Jackman pulls off noble and selfless as well as anyone out there, vocal screeches aside.

    The film looks great from a production design point of view, but I hate how it was shot by Hooper, with way too many closeups and needless jerky handheld camera. I imagine he thought he was updating the creaky movie musical style for the new millennium, but it failed, at least here.

    The songs are melodic in the spirit of Oliver!, but the lyrics are unsubtle and 'on the nose' and always were. So is the film style. This is one instance where I think the director needed to take a different approach from the source material, rather than being too faithful. For example it didn't have to be 'sung through', there could have been some spoken dialogue, giving the songs more weight. There also could have been a more intimate approach with some scenes, and the chorus numbers were awkwardly staged for realism, which is impossible, it might have been better if they stood and delivered to the movie audience and broken the 'third wall'. I realize Hooper did not want to alienate the devoted fans.

    Still, it's worthwhile and interesting to see the approach that was taken to put this beloved musical on film, there's a lot of talent here. Les Miserables can be effective if you put your helmet on to prevent the whole thing beating you over the head with its bombastic style and take it for the overly rich, often nausea inducing French pastry that it is.
  • fb791220692
    April 14, 2013
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    This long-winded theatre adaptation has spotty musical quality and strange storytelling shifts (like a whole group of main characters introduced halfway through), but it also has a great cast (not to mention great-looking), and an epic scope that feels at home up on the big screen.
  • CreedsDelight
    April 12, 2013
    CreedsDelight
    Beautiful, majestic picture. Russell Crowe is one intimidating Javert. His rendition of "The Confrontation" alongside Hugh Jackman was poetic and masterfully done. "Red & Black / ABC Cafe" was also wonderful.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    April 6, 2013
    YosemiteSamFan
    The performers did a wonderful job with their touching vocals. The director sorta ruined the spectacle with his choice of shaky handheld shots and abundance of closeups of peoples' faces! How about more establishing shots of the historic settings? And what was with the ship scene... read more at the beginning of the film? I expect the convicts to be working hard labor in a hot field with pickaxes. Tom Hooper, you shouldn't be changing classic things just because you have the Director's Chair.
  • fb100000293612769
    March 22, 2013
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    The film is long, tiring, and a bit melodramatic. But it is still very powerful, moving, and beautiful, and features fantastic performances. While the singing can sound strained at times, the raw emotions the film captures result in several thrilling and tear-jerking scenes. Anne... read more Hathaway's performance of "I Dreamed a Dream" lives up to and exceeds the hype. She is quite remarkable, and deserved the Oscar. The ending of the film was also notably powerful and quite uplifting. Despite its flaws, the film does give you goosebumps at times and gets right to your heart.
  • allan913
    March 22, 2013
    allan913
    An instant classic. A breathtaking and visually stunning marvel of a production. A tremendously powerful and truly unforgettable film achievement that soars on emotion and tragedy and is filled with astonishing music and set pieces. A spectacular masterpiece of an epic. Director,... read more Tom Hooper crafts a truly absorbing and incredible piece of work filled with love, dedication and ferocious beauty. Hooper has topped his other masterwork, The King's Speech with this gorgeous delight. It's simply one of greatest musical films that has ever been maid. One of the top five best pictures of 2012. A joyous, heartfelt and deeply moving movie. The performances are beyond brilliant. Hugh Jackman gives thunderous and truly magnificent movie star performance, he shows his most demanding and dedicated work so far on the screen. Jackman has never been better, he deserves every award you can think of, he literally carries the film on his shoulders with his commanding performances. Russell Crowe is absolutely outstanding. Anne Hathaway is extraordinary, she gives a breathtaking performance. Hathaway, Crowe and Jackman give some of the best performances of their careers in this film. Amanda Seyfried is remarkable. Seyfried shows she is becoming a better actress the older she gets. Eddie Redmayne is a revelation. From start to finish, this movie with enthrall you and tug on your heart.
  • blacksheepboy
    February 20, 2013
    blacksheepboy
    It is impossible to care about a heavy-handed melodrama full of flat characters endlessly singing and crying their misery for nearly three hours non-stop. Besides, Hooper's direction is extremely amateurish and inept, with the camera appearing to be held by an epileptic.

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Critic Reviews

Cath Clarke
January 8, 2013
Cath Clarke, Time Out

Tom Hooper gets a bit carried away with swoopy shots, and the close-ups are unrelenting, but crucially he lets the filth and the squalor in. Full Review

Joe Baltake
January 4, 2013
Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

Hooper's 'Les Misérables': Bloated anti-musical Full Review

Anthony Lane
January 4, 2013
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

Fans of the original production, no doubt, will eat the movie up, and good luck to them. I screamed a scream as time went by. Full Review

Glenn Kenny
January 2, 2013
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies

... Jackman, who should get a Nobel Prize for the way he carries pretty much the whole undertaking on his shoulders, so protean and virile is his singing and acting throughout. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
December 28, 2012
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

At the heart of the "Les Misérables" movie was a good idea that just didn't work out this time. The idea was that the actors should sing their songs live on camera. Full Review

Dana Stevens
December 27, 2012
Dana Stevens, Slate

We're all familiar with the experience of seeing movies that cram ideas and themes down our throats. Les Misérables may represent the first movie to do so while also cramming us down the throats of it... Full Review

Christopher Orr
December 25, 2012
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic

Committed fans of the musical are likely to have their affections reaffirmed. The less devout, however, may conclude that in this case more is less, and fidelity not always a virtue. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
December 25, 2012
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

It lives in that kinda-sorta, okay-not-great, this-worked-that-didn't in-between for which words like "better" and "worse" fall woefully short. Full Review

Bill Goodykoontz
December 25, 2012
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

If you like your musicals enormous, over the top and bang-on-the-head manipulative, "Les Miserables" is the movie for you. Full Review

Manohla Dargis
December 25, 2012
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

By the grand finale, when tout le monde is waving the French tricolor in victory, you may instead be raising the white flag in exhausted defeat. Full Review

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    • Enjolras: Let others rise to take our place, until the earth is free!
    • Army Officer: You at the barricades, listen to this! The people of Paris sleep in their beds! You have no chance, no chance at all! Why throw your lives away?
    • Eponine: Don't you fret, Monsieur Marius. I don't feel any pain. A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now. You're here. That's all I need to know. And you will keep me safe, and you will keep me close, and rain will make the flowers grow.
    • Marius: But you will live, 'Ponine, dear God above. I could heal your wounds with words of love.
    • Eponine: Just hold me now, and let it be. Shelter me, comfort me.
    • Eponine: I love him, but every day I'm learning. All my life, I've only been pretending. Without me, his world will go on turning--a world that's full of happiness that I have never known.
    • Cosette: What's the matter with you Cosette? Have you been too much on your own?
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    • Jean Valjean: Pontarlier.
    • Bishop: Is that where your family is?
    • Jean Valjean: No. The destination is compulsory. That is more the law sends me. I have no home.
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