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Les Misérables

Play trailer Poster for Les Misérables PG-13 Released Dec 25, 2012 2h 38m Musical History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
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Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator It's just so soaringly monotonous... And although hard-core fans will love this whatever, and good luck to them, I'd rather set fire to my own hair than ever have to sit through it again. It would be over quicker, at least. Sep 4, 2018 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online While it isn't a consummate movie, Les Misérables will stir a younger generation of fans with its glitz and charm and perhaps pioneer a new style of movie musicals. Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2017 Full Review Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Hugh Jackman delivers a muscular, earnest performance that holds together this diverse ensemble cast - which includes predictable but welcome comic relief from Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter - for the full 158min. Rated: 4/5 Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Jack Walters Loud and Clear Reviews "Les Misérables is an entertaining retelling of the stage musical that might not have aged perfectly, but still knows the strengths of this story." Rated: 3/5 Jan 18, 2025 Full Review Dulcie Pearce The Sun (UK) This is a decidedly gritty and grounded adaptation, with Hooper’s assured direction capturing the horror and humanity of revolutionary France. Rated: 5/5 Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Hanna Flint The Sun (UK) This is a decidedly gritty and grounded adaptation, with Hooper’s assured direction capturing the horror and humanity of revolutionary France. Rated: 5/5 Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Patricia The picture was SO clear and the sound perfection! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Grant H Aside from all the handheld shots and absence of wide shots for such a grand production, quite good. Way too much hate for Rusty. He was a good contrast to the Jacked Man. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review OmegaFred Loved it for the third time! The play was also very good! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Blu B I'd say it's BARELY good enough to be called good. It's a interesting idea but it's got a very bloated feel to the whole thing. This story is already avgiant tot ry to adapt to a movie and adding songs into it is a monumental undertaking. The fact it works is a borderline miracle because it is far from perfect. The editing isn't bad but man it can feel unfocused at times. This feels like a epic revolutionary story being mixed with a musical and works better in certain places than others witht he storytelling. Add on the fact we get multiple new characters in the middle and the main 3 from the first hour disappear for the middle and it just feels a bit much at times and the new characters are just alright. Everything else though is solid. The singing is pretty good I'd say. Crowe is very hit or miss and when he misses it's very noticeable. Hathaway is really good and the best thing in this. Her Dream song is amazing and the best part of the film. It's a shame it comes so early and if all the music was like this, man it would've been incredible possibly. Jackman is good and pretty much everyone else is solid with singing save for Carter and some of the stuff in the middle. The production value is solid and the direction isn't bad. Sometimes the framing feels off for some reason and I'm not sure why that was done. the battle sceens are good. My biggest problem with it is there is so much singing at times that it can be a bit hard to absorb what there actually saying at times. It's visually heavy and the story does make sense. But the first hour setting up the main two and Hathaway feels like it's own film almost tacked on to a revolution epic. It's still unique and I appreciated what they were trying here and I think it does work and make this adaptation stand out in the field of dozens of these. It's still an acquired taste. If your someone who doesn't like musicals I can't see you liking this save for if your a fan of any actors in this, the director, or musicals or the source material. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/25 Full Review James M Cinematography was the only saving grace for this film. If you're not a fan of on screen musicals avoid for your own sanity. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Muhammed a It's a good movie to watch, but there were boring scenes and they exaggerated the musical a bit. Apart from that, the ending was quite impressive and sad, but the movie could have had better songs and music, apart from the song at the beginning. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
Director
Tom Hooper
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Screenwriter
William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh
Rating
PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Sexual Material|Thematic Elements|Violence)
Genre
Musical, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 2012, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Feb 23, 2024
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.2M
Runtime
2h 38m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby SRD, Datasat
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