Les misérables

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Members of a Parisian anti-crime squad become overwhelmed by simmering neighborhood tension and violence.

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Les Misérables transcends its unwieldy story with compelling ideas and an infectious energy that boils over during a thrilling final act.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Fleet of foot and fiery of belly, this new Les Mis is an attention-commanding debut from a filmmaker with a finger on his home town's ever-quickening pulse.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2020

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Slips stealthily from astute observation to urgent action, reminding us of Hugo's maxim that "there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators."

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2020

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

It is the most incendiary crime film to emerge from French cinema since Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 5, 2020

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Les Misérables examines the valid reasons why those without a social voice turn to violence for expression, while acknowledging that violence as part of a cycle of retribution that must be broken at all costs.

Jul 12, 2025

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Brandon Stanwyck

InSession Film

It’s disconcerting how relevant Les Misérables is, isn’t it? Which one am I talking about? You pick.

Rated: B+

Jul 17, 2024

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

'Les Misérables' reflects on the meaning of political struggle and says goodbye to violence in this new film about the Parisian suburbs. [Full review in Spanish]

Jun 20, 2024

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Bob E

Started off very slowly and then escalated into a violent and disturbing ending. In all honesty I really dont know if I liked it or not.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/20

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Janee W

Thought provoking. Captures some of the current cultural issues in multicultural France (Europe). Well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/20

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A film with a beautiful aesthetic. But it is a fiction that totally distorts the reality of the French suburbs. According to the film, the victims would be these city scum. It's quite the opposite. No relation to the work of Victor Hugo.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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On the craft: Fantastically cast, flawlessly acted, super camera, good music. About the content: There is no good and evil here, only overload on all sides. The individual can no longer fix it, the problem is structural. I would like to see more films like this, political films in the best sense, that relentlessly show the problem without pretending to know the solution.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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No, not that one. This is a hard hitting Parisian drama, set in the aftermath of the French World Cup win in 2018. It's an impressive mash of The Wire (the greatest TV show ever made, not sure I've mentioned that before) End Of Watch (2012) and La Haine (1995). A cop, Laurent, has just moved to Paris from the provinces, joining a police crime squad, and is given a tour and introduction to the neighbourhood by the other two cops in his team, taking in the local youths from the projects who work for different gangsters in the area. An incident involving the three cops sets in motion a chain of events that affects all strands of society within this small district, in the space of just a couple of days. It's a race against the clock for all of the groups mentioned above, and that's not to dismiss this as your average action thriller. Les Miserables is nothing like that at all, it's an uncompromising, bleak, and frank drama with moments of shocking violence. This is a directorial debut for Ladj Ly, and it really is some inaugural film, showing some serious promise for future offerings.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Real France today! Good quality drama...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Members of a Parisian anti-crime squad become overwhelmed by simmering neighborhood tension and violence.

Director: Ladj Ly
Producer: Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
Screenwriter: Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Rectangle Productions, Lyly Films, Srab Films
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Disturbing/Violent Content|Sexual References)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 9, 2020
Runtime: 1h 44m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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