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Les Misérables

2012
Romance, Drama
2h 38m
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Rated 14 Jan 2013
40
19th
Go home, Tom Hooper. You're drunk.
Rated 30 Jan 2013
65
34th
Despite a grand scope and impressive sets, the musical fails to translate to the screen without some serious problems. First and foremost: whereas characters can sing their stories to an audience on the stage, the constant interaction of film characters through song (even for minuscule, less important dialogue) is monotonous to the point that it becomes comical. And it takes away from the big numbers that are performed admirably! Also, fine actors aside, Crowe and Jackman are not great singers.
Rated 31 Dec 2012
5
30th
Riddled with stretches of boredom and the most awkward camerawork ever to be projected, Les Misérables accomplishes nothing as a film. Instead, it is a myriad of scenes composed to entice emotion. In a handful, particularly those involving Hathaway and the rebels, the music is enough to satiate, but ultimately, most of the film sputters. Hooper, whose previous film suffered from a similar mediocrity, is currently my least favorite filmmaker. He delivers exactly what is expected of him. No balls.
Rated 13 Mar 2013
5
1st
Filmed musicals based on actual works of art can be compared to a drunken bum having a freebie with a decapitated supermodel, behind some Tinseltown dumpster. It's wrong, painful to behold, horrible to overhear and it takes way longer than it should. Technically it's not hurting anyone, but that doesn't make it any less of a shameless rape of beauty. Oh! Speaking of! Hathaway's character: From seamstress to toothless hooker in less than 10 minutes, that's gotta be a motion picture record, right?
Rated 27 Jul 2016
88
75th
This adaptation loses some of the sheer operatic power of the stage production due to some hit-and-miss casting (looking at you, Crowe) and direction ("Nothing but close-ups!"), but the source material is too powerful to be significantly hampered by this. The story is strong, the music superb (except for the redundant "please give us an Oscar" new song), the performances compelling, and the emotion genuine. Definitely worth a watch, but it doesn't come close to replacing the stage version.
Rated 13 Feb 2013
87
88th
If you've seen the play, you won't see that much new here. The music is compelling, and it's got a great story. Hugh Jackman is pretty good as Jean Valjean and brings a lot of enthusiasm to the role, which mostly works but occasionally doesn't. Russell Crowe, however, is a total dud as Javert and sounds like he's got a cold through his songs. He was seriously miscast in this role. Not to mention that little cartoon "thud" at the end.
Rated 13 Jan 2013
60
22nd
It's an achievement, for sure. But it's a damn ugly one, too. Horribly shot and edited. And as soon as Hathaway leaves the picture, there's a gaping hole right in the middle of the film that isn't filled for the next 2 hours. The entire third act is just boring. One could argue that it's all downhill as soon as you hear Crowe 'sing' his first lines. Just because they're really famous, doesn't mean they can sing.
Rated 20 Jan 2013
100
99th
Superb, staggeringly emotional and well-wrought adaptation, masterfully brought to the screen by Hooper, successfully dodging most of the problems translating this very stagey show to the cinematic medium. Entire cast excels (though Crowe seems occasionally ill-at-ease and can't quite bring the required gravitas to his character), but Jackman, Cohen, Barks and especially Hathaway bring the knockout punches required to maximise the formiddable impact of the tunes and story. Viva Les Miserables!
Rated 14 Jan 2013
3
32nd
Anne Hathaway is the highlight, both in terms of singing and acting. Outside from her, though, Hooper's Les Miserables maintains an overwrought tone. At 2.5 hours, the flimsy plot and lack of any sort of dynamics renders the whole thing especially tiring.
Rated 13 Jun 2013
70
65th
One of the better musicals I've seen. I wish they wouldn't half-sing dialogue and monologues but when Hathaway and Co. get their moments, this - in bursts - becomes a rather amazing visceral experience.
Rated 28 Dec 2012
64
18th
A perfect example of how what works on stage doesn't always work on the screen. The musical reduced the story and characters to their bare essentials, but the stylization of the theater mitigated this. On the literal screen, however, it feels awfully thin, and the occasional striking moments don't change how little nuance the material has. Hugh Jackman gives a heartfelt, impressive performance, but the rest, while never less than competent, really don't rise to his level--not even Anne Hathaway.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
100
90th
Aside from act 1 (a part of the story I never liked), the out of place innkeepers with their tonally ridiculous schpiel, and the generally fake-looking (and off-putting, given how the rest is shot) "grand" CGI shots, I really loved this. Adored practically every song number, and the way it was filmed (close-up with long takes) felt like a great homage to the stage musical. It clears the bar through a combination of stellar performances and a heap of the most iconic (and great) songs of all time.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
96
97th
I came in ready to hate, but was thoroughly blown away. I fricking loved it. It rocks. Sweeping, rousing, fast-paced. Bright colors and impassioned performances--Jackman and Barks stand out in a uniformly solid ensemble. It's simply a great, heartfelt, ripping entertainment all-around. I'm amazed that I loved it as much as I did, but this is one of the best pictures of 2012. Honest.
Rated 24 Jun 2013
62
40th
Having unintentionally dodged this story for so long, the first I see of it is this adaption, which I know is a great shame. It mostly feels like a homage to those who know this story well, and I know they rave about it. I'm sure the story is brilliant on stage. However, for those who have no real knowledge of the piece, the characters are thrown at you pouring their hearts out and it's strangely hard to get emotionally invested until towards the end. I can't deny that I didn't enjoy it though.
Rated 17 Jan 2013
65
32nd
Roughly translated "Les Miserables" means "pretentious, un-melodic craphouse chickfest". What a coincidence.
Rated 15 Nov 2013
60
33rd
Cast Russell Crowe to sing, they said. What could go wrong, they said.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
30
19th
A very poor adaptation of some very strong source material. Obviously, the story and characters are great but the direction, casting and lazy adaptation completely let it down. When I say "lazy adaptation," I mean choosing to keep the sung dialogue, I mean ignoring possibilities that film gives over stage (flashbacks during songs for one possibility), etc... Hooper's direction is very poor, consisting of about two interesting shots and interminable extreme close-ups. Jackman and Crowe, very iffy
Rated 27 Jun 2013
80
85th
Why all the hate? This is an old-fashioned, sweeping, suitably overblown and sentimental crowd-pleaser. The songs are delightful and so are the performers (in particular Jackman and Hathaway -whose staggering "I Dreamed A Dream" rendition rivals Mulligan's "New York New York" gutpunch in "Shame" in terms of emotional power), the production and camerawork lavish and enjoyable (I, for one, actually admired Hooper's helming) and the whole thing just ravishing in a very pleasurably retro fashion.
Rated 09 Mar 2022
75
65th
Absolute torture, my love of Les Mis tangling with a director with the absolute worst style imaginable. If Tom Hooper directed adult films every shot would be hairy ballsacs from behind engulfing the frame. Russell Crowe goes from menacing to a prisoner of the softest Australian rock in SECONDS I've been obsessed with this for a decade
Rated 23 Jan 2013
60
72nd
So the entire thing is one long song. Unlike most musicals, where there's regular "talkie" scenes and then the cast breaks out into song, this is a 2 1/2 hour song masking itself as a film.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
76
77th
Tom Hooper would have butchered this movie with his horrible camera work if it weren't for the extensively talented cast (minus Russel Crow, yuck). If you can get past the terrible directing and engross yourself in the beautiful sets and the wonderful acting, this movie is great.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
80
70th
It's an interesting take with the extreme close ups; a different way to see something that typically would be on stage. The music is good, and Anne Hathaway's scene is the scene of the movie, one of the best of the year. She's heartbreaking and has an incredible voice. The movie is unbalanced, but overall worth seeing.
Rated 26 Jan 2013
45
5th
Overwrought and certainly overlong. I felt that allowing between song dialogue to simply be spoken rather than sung would have helped to focus the viewer for the big musical numbers. Instead we are left with many parts of the film that just feel far too awkward.
Rated 08 Jun 2014
20
5th
I dreamed a dream where Tom Hooper never makes another film.
Rated 25 Feb 2013
58
35th
A few impressive scenes - Hathaway in particular - and it looks good, but damn it's long, and damn you need to love the songs to start with.
Rated 21 May 2013
71
70th
A film at conflict with itself! Can the brilliant story, & the fact that 'Le Mis' is a great musical outweigh the problem that Tom Hooper doesn't seem to be able to direct movies very well!? It's the dilemma anyone who watches this film will face. 'Le Mis' is a stirring, beautifully performed musical, but Hooper's infuriating camerawork & the jumpy, rapid editing almost completely sufficate the performances and the story. Urghh... fuck it. I liked it though, I can't deny. Hooper you twat.
Rated 13 Sep 2015
85
90th
Certainly the best acted ensemble musical I have ever seen, featuring riveting and emotional performances from all its leads. The music is gorgeous, too, though Hugh Jackman seemed to sacrifice some musicality to produce his nuanced and emotionally-charged Valjean. A lovely film.
Rated 12 Jan 2013
80
53rd
I enjoyed the movie, but the live musical is oddly more entertaining and engaging. The performances are well done (albeit, I thought Russell Crowe's voice was miscast), but something in the direction put me off. If you enjoyed this movie but have not seen the musical, find a way to see it, it's much more impressive. The movie is a nice gateway drug to the world of live musicals.....
Rated 17 Jan 2013
15
7th
Holy off-center close-ups and dutch angles, Tom Hooper is such a fucking hack. The camerawork on this crap-fest and the editing annoyed me to no end. Overall this just seems like a series of random moments stringed together. I will however go against the majority and say that Russell Crowe is the best thing here, his singing is not that awful and he has the charisma to pull off the character and make him interesting. When I lost interest, he was the only thing that kept me slightly engaged.
Rated 22 Feb 2013
55
11th
This isn't completely unenjoyable, but I have numerous gripes. This really is Close-Up Faces: The Movie. Crowe and Jackman are weak singers. Romances bloom instantaneously. Characters die off suddenly for no apparent reason. There are unnecessary, distracting CG shots and scene-transitions. And unlike on a stage where there's a bit of downtime between scenes, having the scenes of comedic relief here flow perfectly into the next dramatic scene is strange and somewhat jarring.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
52
31st
I don't know how they could translate the musical from the stage any better than this, but it's just not a very engaging film, despite how well produced & acted it may be. The plot is just as all-over-the-place onstage, but it has a vibrancy that comes with live theatre that this does not. Hathaway is wonderful, but she's only in the movie for a very small fraction of the running time. I spent more time wondering "ooo how did they shoot that?" than being absorbed in the film as a story. Telling.
Rated 15 Jan 2013
74
45th
A solid adaptation. Les Miserables has great casting, with nearly every person acting and singing their parts well. The standout is Anne Hathaway as Fantine. Her performance of I Dreamed a Dream is emotional and just beautifully performed. The visuals are wonderful, and the scope of everything is very evident. Overall, a surprisingly good movie adaptation of a legendary stage musical.
Rated 16 Feb 2013
78
65th
I must be the only person who thinks Hugh Jackman can't sing... but he's the reason I couldn't love this film as much I'd have liked to.
Rated 26 Dec 2012
68
25th
Tedious and passionless.
Rated 17 Feb 2013
3
9th
BEST - RUSSELL CROWE DEATH - EVER
Rated 29 Mar 2013
75
63rd
Les Mis! Les Mis! It's covered all in shit. Les Mis! Les Mis! And better off for it.// The song is good, and has a decent flow. Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Yes even Russel Crowe// The middle has a as dull-as-dirt romance. Oh well! Oh well! The rest just kicks some pants.// The sets are small, but acted to a T. I guess, I guess that did it all for me.// *Oddly shoehoerned-in non-singing line*: When did Anne Hathaway decide she's a great actor (I blame TDKR) And more importantly why is she convincing me?
Rated 31 Dec 2012
53
9th
Visually, the film is flat and ugly, with entirely uninspired art design; the editing is abrupt and without rhythm, and the cinematography is distractingly bad; Hooper is awful at building any sort of tension within a scene. The acting is one of the few saving graces of the film, especially Hathaway, Barks, and Jackman, who all give emotional performances. Otherwise, the film is utterly passionless. When the acting is the only worthwhile element of an adapted stage play, what's the point?
Rated 21 Jan 2013
75
78th
I am a sucker for musicals and this is no exception. The decision to sing on the set rather than dubbing a studio recording is great as the acting seems way better than in usual musicals. It is still a very long film and it has problems. The largest one is Eddie Redmayne who sings and act equally bad. On the positive side I enjoyed every second of Hathaway's and Crowes's performances, especially Crowe is awesome.
Rated 29 Jan 2013
2
19th
This was terrible and I hate it too much to explain why.
Rated 30 Dec 2012
30
8th
I walked out. I almost NEVER do that. I loved the song 'I Dreamed A Dream' so I thought the rest of the musical would be as good as that song, and even thought I knew what to expect as I knew lots of sad things were going to happen. But nope. I had a bad feeling from the first line. It's a visually disgusting film that made me cringe, and made me, well, miserable. I sat there for a whole hour hoping it would get better. I will say that Anne Hathaway deserves her inevitable Oscar, however.
Rated 25 Feb 2013
60
54th
A fine first act.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
64
47th
The musical is a lovely, ridiculous piece of shit and luckily the film is just as enjoyably terrible, full of thin characters, hammy lyrics and bloated, emotionally manipulative sequences. However, Hooper has soaked it all in a genuinely beautiful and grotesque atmosphere - lots of grimey flesh, rotting teeth, ugly faces spitting out even uglier accents, all filmed in raw and engaging handheld. There's no defending Russell Crowe tho. Literally, the. fucking. worst.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
2
17th
cleverly foreshadows crowe's death by having all his words plummet to the ground. teases with countless scenes where he stands next to ledges, just begging for a shove--no, not 'cause of the awful acting, just so he'd STOP TONSILBUTTING ME IN THE FUCKING FACE. says a lot that the restraint and cohesion of hathaway's showstopper feels like overcalculated award-baiting in what is otherwise a 2 and a half hour endoscopy edited via a chainsaw. barks nails it - r.i.p samantha, scalped in your prime.
Rated 31 Mar 2013
70
10th
Miserable.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
2
3rd
I like musicals. And I like many other versions of this movie. But this musical is without even one mediocre song, and is a version of Les Miserables that completely mocks the story with overwhelming cheese. Absolutely all of the singing was in an inappropriate melodramatic fashion, never mind the fact that they never really sung songs either, it was just bad 'singing' instead of talking. This is just not something you should ever do to a good story!!
Rated 31 Dec 2012
45
66th
If you're going to "innovate" and introduce shaky cam to musical adaptations, could you at least have done something with the solos beyond prolonged close-ups? (Talk about drab.)
Rated 06 Jan 2013
20
11th
Great performances (Anne Hathaway is absolutely stunning) are completely ruined by incompetent, boring camera work and editing. Director Hooper, of the infinitely better The King's Speech, gives us close up after close up of the actors as they sing and never allows the film to breath. It is just pure bombardment from the get-go.
Rated 01 Jan 2013
4
43rd
I really liked the pursuit of Valjean by Javert and everything right up until the words "eight years later" appear onscreen about halfway through. After that, everything gives way to poorly-sketched revolution stuff and a bunch of new characters I couldn't give first fuck about. I sighed with relief at the end. Anne Hathaway is excellent and Hugh Jackman is obviously relishing the live singing filming style, however, the girl who plays young Cosette is a better singer than Amanda Seyfried.
Rated 17 May 2023
7
63rd
A barrage of songs and soliloquies within a fast and packed plot, all of it drenched with waves and tears and rain and drawn with intense closeups and bird’s eye views. Wonderfully performed (Hathaway's “I Dreamed a Dream” was a tour de force, pardon my French). Its extremely condensed intensity often makes it feel contrived and melodramatic, but ultimately it remains a singularly epic vision and an affecting tapestry of stories about grace, love, and hope for the future when things are shit.
Rated 06 Jan 2013
45
33rd
for the millionth time i convinced myself how much i hate musical movies even if it's full of such a great actors
Rated 19 Jan 2013
90
97th
Quite simply one of the best films I have seen for many a year (admittedly I'm a pretty hard core 'glums' fan). Hathaway should get the Oscar if only for her performance of 'I Have a Dream'. Stunning film (but please don't applaud films like our cinema did - its not a Premier its the Odeon Tunbridge Wells!!)
Rated 09 Mar 2013
30
4th
booooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiing. waste of time watching, but music is quite good.
Rated 21 Sep 2015
62
42nd
I think the richness of the story is sacrificed for the novelty of bringing the musical to film with live singing. It rushes to get to its final act and then lingers there for the next hour and a half of more monologues than any plot or meaningful character interaction. If this is how the stage version plays out as well then i have no idea how its highly regarded beyond some good songs and a solid source material.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
93
96th
I was a sobbing, tearing mess at the conclusion of this beautiful film, and I've heard the songs a hundred times, at least, and I just realized that this sentence could be the entire review. I can't wait to see it again and again.
Rated 23 Feb 2013
72
68th
The problem is that, like most stage-to-screen adaptations, it really feels like it would be better on the stage. Half of the shots are extended close ups. The CGI and sets in general were lackluster. At the same time, I'd never seen the play before. And the play seems like it would be amazing. The songs and story are outstanding.
Rated 21 Sep 2013
69
23rd
I appreciate the story but I have a hard time getting past the fact that it's a musical on a subject where that form feels very inappropriate. It doesn't help that while some of the music is very good a large chunk of it is decidedly not.
Rated 31 Dec 2012
70
39th
Well cast, but poorly shot and edited.
Rated 01 Jun 2013
52
15th
I'm trying to think of a worse movie to be nominated for an academy award and I'm getting nothing.
Rated 08 Jan 2014
40
17th
Depois de todos esses anos esperando que dessem um musical para o Hugh Jackman fazer, porque afinal ele é um showman, finalmente o deram e tudo que eu pensei durante o filme é como eu gostaria que Russel Crowe morresse. Há alguns momentos memoráveis, mas o filme não funciona como um tôdo.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
80
79th
Jackman, HBC, SBC, Crowe, the kid (actually all the kids), fantastic. The story is damned good. Battle was a bit rushed. Anne Hathaway was amazing. I just have one problem which could be a pretty big one. Am I supposed to root for Marius? Beyond plot reasons I don't see WHY. That bit seems underwritten and beyond the Jean Valjean sacrifice he represents he doesn't seem all that special. Might be missing something. Good film though.
Rated 24 Feb 2013
60
54th
I love grandiose musicals, and this is no exception. Still, the film does have some weak points. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter are basically the same characters as in Sweeney Todd, their performances are over the top and frankly, annoying. Rest of the cast was good and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the film, despite its occasional cheesiness.
Rated 30 Jan 2013
75
44th
Way too many closeups of people's tonsils - ruining some excellent performances
Rated 03 Feb 2013
39
15th
You're better off getting the soundtrack. Les Mis is an expensive video clip with the experimental film work to boot. If you take the play off the theatre you have the freedom to give the timing and setting some scope. This isn't allowed due to the crammed cinematography & sheer amount of subject matter. The music was so relentless & coupled with the limited breathing room, even the impact of DYHTPS suffered. SBC and HBC had charming parts, the camera work actually suited their wedding exit.
Rated 05 Sep 2013
80
52nd
I find it hard to rate this movie having never seen any other adaptation of it but watching this one it seemed good. The big budget production bringing what would normally be setdrops to life along with the allstar cast makes for a really accessible telling of this story. Felt most everyone played their parts well despite maybe not having the best singing voices (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe).
Rated 13 Jan 2013
55
50th
An adequate film adaptation of a mediocre stage adaptation of an excellent book.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
75
50th
Having never seen the stage-show or read the book, I went in a blank canvas, and was blown away by the first act. Jackman, although forced at times, feels convincing and moving as a protagonist, and Hathaway's (short) performance is nothing short of a masterpiece. Some emotionless singing from Crowe and a story that gets less and less engaging makes the film lose its luster towards the end, but the amazing comic relief from Bonham Carter and Baron Cohen is enjoyable throughout.
Rated 28 Mar 2013
62
34th
Well, it's a terrific ride but not as good as a film. Clearly this film was originally north of 3 and a half hours, which they trimmed by removed all the dialogue "emotional pause" moments. It's a shame as it does rob some of the highlights of their punch. Maybe this needed to be a TV miniseries with a big budget? Give everything a bit more room. The best test is this: if you get annoyed at the start by Hugh Jackman singing (not saying) the line "I stole a loaf of bread", leave the film.
Rated 13 Jun 2013
85
98th
A beautiful and emotional journey that is unparalleled in cinema these days, Les Miserables is not just a movie, or simply a musical, it is a portrayal of life and love and the consequences of the decisions we make. It shines with the fact that we are not defined by our circumstances, but defined by our choices to have faith and hope, and to love. We are the wretched miserable ones, and this film does an incredible job of drawing you in and portraying the deep emotions of life.
Rated 12 May 2015
50
21st
With a play, there is a fourth wall yes, and it usually remains unbroken, however, when an actor is belting out lines toward that fourth wall, yelling, pleading with people who aren't really there but are, it feels passionate. When it happens in a movie where behind the fourth wall are crewmen, it kinda just feels silly.
Rated 23 Oct 2017
40
3rd
Bad singing, songs, lyrics, rhythm, pace/transitions ruined a great story and great performances minus most their singing lol
Rated 12 Dec 2017
94
76th
And endless stream of raw emotions represented through an opera that's performed with outstanding talent from the ones involved. From the start you are set in this monumental stage with the overture song, presented with the tone of the film and the hopeless that will stay through the whole experience. While the director will betray some of your expectations the script and the acting pick ups the slack and will steal your attention while also moving the strings of your heart at every corner.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
55
53rd
Lacks the spectacle of theater, and while Hathaway is wonderful, Crowe looks utterly ashamed of his presence in this.
Rated 26 Dec 2012
40
34th
The live signing is brilliant for the actors and lets everyone stand out in waves. However, it does murder on the sound mix. Most of the songs lack oomph and grandeur that would traditionally come with Les Mis. The other egregious error is the film's cut-throat editing, taking away almost any semblance of rational pace or coherence from the story. This version of Les Mis is a good idea on paper, just not the best idea on screen.
Rated 12 Jun 2017
7
75th
Set pieces are very reminiscent of the play. It was all about the casting though, and how star studded and poorly sung they were. -1 for Russell Crowe and that's all I'll say about that. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter were surprisingly good. Eddie Redmayne is painful to watch, he himself looks pained while he's singing. Better than I expected from Hugh Jackman. The epic numbers in this fall flat however. An obvious choice for star power over vocal quality.
Rated 01 Jun 2013
77
49th
Tom Hooper's film is a respectable effort but it failed to really delight or inspire me. The use of songs robs scenes of their dramatic potential, and as a result many performances seem weak or forgettable. Using the French Revolution setting as some huge theatrical backdrop takes away the historical context - another error. In Valjean and Javert we have a classic story, but the entire young lovers subplot feels too generic and pointless. I don't understand the hype over this flawed damp squib.
Rated 03 Jun 2014
66
37th
A patchwork of scenes gives us an overly long adaptation of a truly great narrative. Its difficult to dislike the film due to its inspiration and moving story, but this translation really just gives a couple of highs. The big numbers are impressive, the rest is pretty boring.
Rated 07 Jan 2013
68
26th
Love the musical. This movie wasn't it.
Rated 12 Jan 2013
40
11th
A film that never seems to end. Close up after close up people warble at screen with only the brief interludes of Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and Samantha Banks bringing some life to the film. There is more to life than revenge, there is more musicals than singing.
Rated 25 Feb 2013
25
27th
This was a chore to sit through.
Rated 28 Feb 2013
2
39th
Starts out very impressive, but once the vague revolution stuff starts, the memorable songs dry up & the plot gets ridiculous & way too drawn out.
Rated 06 May 2013
100
98th
Just fantastic. I'm not going to lie, it's my favorite musical of all time & being a father will always have me taking gut punches during any father daughter story like Valjean's & Cossette's.
Rated 28 Dec 2012
54
8th
This musical, while usually enough to hold my interest for its long runtime, left me both exhausted and underwhelmed. A battering of singing that never stops - something that might work well on stage, but on film diminishes emotion by being so unnatural. Almost all the fault lies on Hooper, whose style is too quaint for an epic, and is even more obviously inept in action scenes that look filmed on a soundstage and edited by a blind man. The cast is stellar; Hathaway will shake you to the core.
Rated 14 Mar 2013
80
77th
I have to admit before watching this I had no idea what the story involved although I did know some of the music. It certainly isn't something I would usually watch as musicals usually make me cringe. However I was pleasantly surprised. It does feel a little bit forced in places. I have new found respect for Jackman and Crowe. Not the actors I would have picked for this kind of film but they fit in well.
Rated 06 Jun 2016
78
38th
Why was it filmed like a horror film? Swooping wide angle lenses jammed up characters noses, off kilter production design and weird spooky handheld make no sense for the material
Rated 12 Jan 2013
75
43rd
Adaptation of the infamous musical is bombastic, bloated, heart-stirring, and emotional. Very high production values and superb performances (minus Russell Crowe) save the film from its uneven pacing. The emphasis on closeups is an issue. Update* On second viewing I realize the direction and closeups suck the life out of the film. It has strong moments (I Dreamed a Dream, Empty Chairs and Empty Tables), but ultimately it is an average film getting by on the popularity of its stage background.
Rated 22 Feb 2013
6
58th
Müzikal olmasaydı, kesinlikle daha iyi olacaktı. Evet, bu kitabın değil, kitabtan uyarlanan müzikalin uyarlaması! Belki de sadece müzikalleri sevmediğim için bana öyle geliyordur.
Rated 20 Apr 2013
65
39th
Even though it's two and a half hours long, this story felt rushed. I haven't read Les Miserables, and haven't seen any other adaptations, so I got a strong feeling here that I was missing out on a lot of important details. There were some really impressive sets built for this movie, but as some other people have pointed out, you hardly get to see them due to the camera always being glued to someone's face.
Rated 10 Nov 2014
40
19th
Quite honestly a little hard to watch and finish. An all sung movie is just not a movie that will work and this learned that the hard way. The story is actually pretty good but its carried by actors that (Jackman and Crowe) that are just not right for this movie. Also the whole sung word thing made the whole movie a bit uncomfortable for me, even making the few great songs useless. I was not a fan.
Rated 26 Jul 2015
97
94th
I cried and you know why? Because at the end I felt sad for the main character then felt joy for the once in a lifetime spectacular this was. The cast is marvelous and everything else is right up there for movie legacy status.
Rated 09 Aug 2017
86
94th
The translation from stage to screen goes as smoothly and it could've done, and the result is a majestic epic that is almost perfectly sung, barring a couple of miscasts.
Rated 28 Feb 2013
70
42nd
slightly overrated musical with some unbelievable side characters (Gavroche, Eponime) whose only driving force seems to be the necessities of the plot. Hugh Jackman is the immortal man who never ages (until like 5 days before his death) and the entire parisien lower class is from London (Oi guvner)
Rated 16 Aug 2013
7
67th
Enjoyment: 6/10, Plot: 7/10 Themes: 7/10 Cinematography: 8/10 Direction: 8/10 Acting: 7/10 Writing: 8/10 Score: 9/10 Editing: 7/10 Design: 8/10
Rated 17 Sep 2013
80
34th
As someone who was first swept away by the power and the emotion of the original London cast on stage the singing drags it down a little but it's pretty good. How is the 1998, Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush version?
Rated 23 Feb 2013
75
71st
Russel kırovvv'u saymıyoruz.
Rated 15 Jan 2013
71
61st
I hate musicals, but this one was done alright.
Rated 13 Mar 2013
80
88th
Don't know if I just saw it on the right day, but it certainly did the trick for me! Beautiful cinematography and engaging performances by almost everyone. The love story-part in between the 2nd and 3rd act is a bit to long, but the first hour or so had me at "Look down, look down!"
Rated 10 Feb 2013
69
72nd
I first saw this musical in London's West End, and this film is head and shoulders above that production. Palpable sense of scale, the production value is really high. However, it's too bad they seem to have chosen the cast according to star appeal rather than singing ability, since Jackman, Crowe and Seyfried simply do not have the singing ability to carry lead roles in a film like this. With better leads, this could have been extraordinary. Instead, it is just pretty good.
Rated 07 Apr 2013
10
1st
Didn't watch the full movie, got bored. Felt the singing was a weird.
Rated 21 Apr 2013
100
93rd
I have to rerank this as 100. Everytime it is on T.V. I am drawn into it. Awesomely Great!
Rated 06 Oct 2013
85
33rd
Very nicely spoken (sung) dialogues (poems)

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