Les Misérables Reviews
Film Racket
standing as it does, nearly alone, one could certainly do worse than Hooper's brave and smart addition to the pantheon.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Movies.com
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
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Concrete Playground
A guaranteed musical tear-jerker about a jerk who becomes a teary hero.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Cinema Crazed
Riveting and incredibly entertaining...
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| Original Score: 3/4
Deadspin
Beyond some pacing problems and a few questionable casting choices, the movie works as a towering, somewhat lumbering monolith of entertainment disbursement.
KC Active
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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.'
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Movie Talk
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.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Birmingham Mail
Les Misérables has enough genuinely emotive power in its tank to guarantee a lot of people enormous pleasure.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Irish Times
Those who get on with tunes will barely notice the hours flying past. Of course, if you hate the show, you'll hate the film.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Contactmusic.com
Starting at full-emotion and never wavering for a moment, this huge movie adaptation of the long-running stage musical wears us out with its relentlessly epic approach.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Sun Online
It's Jackman, with his background in musical theatre, who stands out - somehow managing to anchor the whole thing and stop it becoming the bloated monster it threatens to be.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The Skinny
A bold filming of a theatrical classic, anyone with a fondness for the original production and a wee greet will lap this up.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Flicks.co.nz
The lavish, formidable production will delight fans but I doubt the uninitiated will be won over the barricade.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Express
C'est magnifique.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Guardian [UK]
At the end of 158 minutes, you really have experienced something. What exactly, I'm still not sure.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ViewLondon
Hugely enjoyable, powerfully emotional musical with superb songs, stunning set design and a series of brilliant performances from a note-perfect cast.
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| Original Score: 4/5
