Les Misérables (2012)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 226
Fresh: 158 | Rotten: 68
Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 18
Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.
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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 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
Cast
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Hugh Jackman
Jean Valjean -
Russell Crowe
Inspector Javert, Ja... -
Anne Hathaway
Fantine -
Amanda Seyfried
Cosette -
Sacha Baron Cohen
Thénardier, Thernard... -
Helena Bonham Carter
Madame Thenardier -
Eddie Redmayne
Marius -
Aaron Tveit
Enjolras -
Samantha Barks
Eponine -
Daniel Huttlestone
Gavroche -
Calvin Cornwall
Convict 1 -
Josef Altin
Convict 2 -
David Hawley
Convict 3 -
Adam Jones
Convict 4 -
John Barr
Convict 5 -
Tony Rohr
Overseer -
Richard M. Dixon
Mairie Officer -
Andy Beckwith
Innkeeper -
Stephen Bent
Jailer -
Colm Wilkinson
Bishop -
Georgie Glen
Madame Baptistine -
Heather Chasen
Madame Magliore -
Paul Thornley
Constable 1 -
Paul Howell
Constable 2 -
Stephen Tate
Fauchelevant -
Michael Jibson
Foreman -
Kate Fleetwood
Factory Woman 1 -
Hannah Waddington
Factory Woman 2 -
Clare Foster
Factory Woman 3 -
Kirsty Hoiles
Factory Woman 4 -
Jenna Boyd
Factory Woman 5 -
Alice Fearn
Factory Woman 6 -
Alison Tennant
Factory Woman 7 -
Marilyn Cutts
Factory Woman 8 -
Cathy Breeze
Factory Woman 9 -
John Albasiny
Factory Onlooker -
Bertie Carvel
Bamatabois -
Tim Downie
Brevet -
Andrew Havill
Cochepaille -
Dick Ward
Bamatabois' Valet -
Nicola Sloane
Hair Crone -
Daniel Evans
Pimp -
David Stoller
Sailor 1 -
Ross McCormack
Sailor 2 -
Jaygann Ayeh
Sailor 3 -
Adrian Scarborough
Toothman -
Frances Ruffelle
Whore 1 -
Lynne Wilmot
Whore 2 -
Charlotte Spencer
Whore 3 -
Julia Worsley
Head Whore -
Keith Dunphy
Client -
Ashley Artus
Pawn Broker -
John Surman
Organ-Grinder -
David Cann
Magistrate -
James Simmons
Champmathieu -
Polly Kemp
Nursing Sister -
Ian Pirie
Babet -
Adam Pearce
Brujon -
Julian Bleach
Clacquesous -
Mark Pickering
Montparnasse -
Isabelle Allen
Young Cosette -
Natalya Wallace
Young Éponine -
Phil Snowden
Customer 1 -
Hadrian Delacey
Customer 2 -
Lottie Steer
Baby -
Sam Parks
Tall Customer -
Mark C. Donovan
Portly Customer -
Lewis Kirk
Handsome Soldier 1 -
Leighton Rafferty
Handsome Soldier 2 -
Peter Mair
Father Christmas 1 -
Jack Chissick
Father Christmas 2 -
Dianne Pilkington
Inn Whore 1 -
Robyn North
Inn Whore 2 -
Norma Atallah
Mother Whore -
Patrick Godfrey
Gillenormand -
Mark Roper
Citizen -
Paul Leonard
Citizen -
Miles Roughley
Gavroche's Urchin -
Cameron Strefford
Gavrone's Urchin -
Alfie Davis
Gavroche's Urchin -
Joseph West
Gavroche's Urchin -
Joel Phillimore
Beggar 1 -
Jacqueline Dankworth
Beggar 2 -
Amelia Jefford
Beggar 3 -
Chris Barnes
Beggar 4 -
Richard Cordery
Duc de Raguse -
Killian Donnelly
Combeferre -
Fra Fee
Courtfeyrac -
Gabriel Vick
Feuilly -
George Blagden
Grantaire -
Hugh Skinner
Joly -
Stuart Neal
Lesgles -
Alistair Brammer
Prouvaire -
Katy Secombe
Madame Hucheloup -
Hadley Fraser
Army Officer -
Linzi Hateley
Turning Woman 1 -
Gemma Wardle
Turning Woman 2 -
Gina Beck
Turning Woman 3 -
Katie Hall
Turning Woman 4 -
Kerry Ingram
Turning Woman 8 -
Andrew Deck
Turning Woman 6 -
Lisa Hull
Turning Woman 5 -
Freya Parks
Café Barmaid -
Jeff Duncan
Turning Woman 7 -
John Warnaby
Majordomo -
Michael Sarne
Father Mabeuf -
Ellie Beaven
Mother
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All Critics (226) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (158) | Rotten (68) | DVD (3)
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.
Top CriticHooper's 'Les Misérables': Bloated anti-musical
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.
... 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.
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.
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 its actors.
[Director Tom Hooper's] old fashioned take is frequently exhilarating and adamant in its unwavering desire to not be dolled up and be given a hip makeover.
If the entire film were as good as the first 30 minutes, it would easily be one of the year's best pictures.
This "Miz" ain't nothin' but a miss.
standing as it does, nearly alone, one could certainly do worse than Hooper's brave and smart addition to the pantheon.
Any heart, any familiarity in LES MISERABLES is due solely to the actors, and remains in spite of Hooper's best efforts.
The [film's] conclusion might be that tragedies deserve sympathy, not judgement...and I wish I could come to this conclusion myself but I saw a film directed by Tom Hooper.
Within the first six numbers (in a musical containing 666 of them)... Fantine... has lost her job, her teeth, her hair, her prostitute-trainee badge and her life, but not before she sings the weepiest, most maddeningly catchy Susan Boyle song in the world
As Fantine, musical theater's favorite emo chick, Hathaway blows away whatever else is supposed to be going on.
A guaranteed musical tear-jerker about a jerk who becomes a teary hero.
Imperfect, but stirring
Riveting and incredibly entertaining...
Beyond some pacing problems and a few questionable casting choices, the movie works as a towering, somewhat lumbering monolith of entertainment disbursement.
Director Tom Hooper ('The King's Speech'), for the most part, balances Hugo's gritty, if romantic tale, with the larger-than-life demands of an adaptation of the 1985 stage musical.
A gorgeous film if not quite a classic, "Les Misérables" is a beautiful interpretation of the stage production based on the Victor Hugo novel. Not surprisingly, it's a sight to see, and it's directed by Tom Hooper, who helmed 'The King's Speech.'
A esperança é que, depois de Os Miseráveis, alguém tome o megafone de Tom Hooper e o proíba de entrar em outro set de filmagem.
So many close-ups, it seems better made for TV. Scene transitions are non-existent; the pace is relentless. All this over-the-top selling of emotion makes you look around before exiting-where's the gift shop, hawking more Hugo-not spinoffs and souvenirs?
Even if you're no fan of the show and think the lyrics doggerel and the music dreary, it's hard not to be bowled over by the barnstorming gusto shown by director Tom Hooper and his cast.
Hugh Jackman is sensational as zero to hero Valjean. Few can sing, dance and act like him. Here, he combines all three to glorious effect. And perhaps his most underrated quality is his greatest, Jackman is just so darn likeable.
Les Misérables has enough genuinely emotive power in its tank to guarantee a lot of people enormous pleasure.
Bombastic, overblown, overlong, needlessly convoluted and full of simplistic characters, some terrible performances and a constant, cochlea-cracking racket on the soundtrack ...
Audience Reviews for Les Misérables
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- Inspector Javert: Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
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- Marius: Life without Cosette means nothing.
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- Javert: 24601!
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- Enjolras: I am agog! I am aghast! Is Marius in love at last? I've never heard him I've never heard him 'ooh' and 'aah!'
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- Eponine: Hey there Monsieur what's new with you? Plotting to overthrow the state? You still pretending to be poor? Come on, I know your grandpa's rich!
- Marius: Won't take a franc that I've not earned. All of those bridges have been burned.
- Eponine: I like the way you talk Monsieur!
- Marius: I like the way you always tease!
- Eponine: Little he knows. Little he sees.
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- Eponine: Cosette. Now I remember. Cosette. How can it be? We children together. Look what's become of me!
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Am I the only one who hated this? | 15 days ago | 203 |
| Russell Crowe | 29 days ago | 174 |
| How well do you think this movie will do at the Oscars? | 7 months ago | 117 |
| "Real Singers" criticism is BS | 5 months ago | 78 |
| BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ! | 4 months ago | 41 |
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Foreign Titles
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