Directed By: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway
Rating: PG-13 for suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements
Run Time: 2 hours, 37 minutes
Synopsis: A film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical, based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, about ex-con and parolee fugitive Jean Valjean (Jackman) and his attempt to live a straight life raising an orphaned girl (Seyfried) while evading the tenacious Inspector Javert (Crow), with a conclusion set during the June Revolution in 1832 France.
REVIEW
Sarah: Hello readers! Yesterday Andrew and I
joined the merry Christmas Day masses at the movie theatre to see one of the
holiday’s most anticipated releases – Les Misérables,
starring Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfriend, Anne Hathaway, Russell
Crowe and a whole host of other characters to put on this French revolution
musical. Les Mis is a
film adaptation of the popular stage musical that has been running for 27 years
now and is just an amazing show. It’s one of my favorites, and if you’ve never
seen it on stage and get the chance, it’s one that you shouldn’t pass up on.
Anyway, Les Mis is directed by Tom
Hooper, who won the Oscar for Best Director two years ago for The King’s
Speech, which also won the Oscar for Best Picture, and Hooper’s new film
has also been getting plenty of award season buzz. So Andrew, now that we’ve
seen Les Misérables, what did you think?
Andrew: Well I’ve never seen any
version of Les Mis before. I’ve never seen it on stage, I’ve
never seen the Liam Neeson film version from the late nineties, nothing. I
haven’t even read the book. So all I knew about the movie was from what you’ve
told me about the play. I knew the basic idea and some of the characters, like
Jean Valjean being an ex-convict, Inspector Javert tracking him down, Valjean’s
relationship with Fantine and Cosette, etc.
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| Seriously, the extent of Andrew's Les Misérables knowledge pretty much started and ends with knowing Amanda Seyfried plays the older version of Cosette, the little girl in the poster above. |
