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After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.

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Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.

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Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Deborah Ross The Spectator It's just so soaringly monotonous... And although hard-core fans will love this whatever, and good luck to them, I'd rather set fire to my own hair than ever have to sit through it again. It would be over quicker, at least. Sep 4, 2018 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online While it isn't a consummate movie, Les Misérables will stir a younger generation of fans with its glitz and charm and perhaps pioneer a new style of movie musicals. Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2017 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Hugh Jackman delivers a muscular, earnest performance that holds together this diverse ensemble cast - which includes predictable but welcome comic relief from Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter - for the full 158min. Rated: 4/5 Sep 1, 2017 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Dulcie Pearce The Sun (UK) This is a decidedly gritty and grounded adaptation, with Hooper’s assured direction capturing the horror and humanity of revolutionary France. Rated: 5/5 Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Hanna Flint The Sun (UK) This is a decidedly gritty and grounded adaptation, with Hooper’s assured direction capturing the horror and humanity of revolutionary France. Rated: 5/5 Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Hooper brings an appropriate sense of grandness to the musical [...] but overall, the creative choices call more attention to how it was made and distract from the powerful story. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 20, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Patricia The picture was SO clear and the sound perfection! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Grant H Aside from all the handheld shots and absence of wide shots for such a grand production, quite good. Way too much hate for Rusty. He was a good contrast to the Jacked Man. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review OmegaFred Loved it for the third time! The play was also very good! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Ricardo W No es fácil comentar esta película. Tal vez "Hay que verla" no es la forma correcta de decirlo, y más bien deba usar "Hay que padecerla". Permítanme explicarme: es una excelente película, tal vez la mejor adaptación que se ha hecho de la legendaria novela de Víctor Hugo, y a todas luces una producción extraordinaria que crecerá en la memoria conforme pasen los días, y los años. Tal vez sea ésta la mejor versión de un film tantas veces realizado, aunque como Romeo y Julieta o Sherlock Holmes, la vida de estos caracteres esté destinada a la repetición sempiterna. Sin embargo, como concepto de entretenimiento inmediato, no sirve: es abrumadoramente pesada, innecesariamente lenta y desconsideradamente larga. Eso sin mencionar que, para quienes no lo sepan a estas alturas, es un musical en serio. Musical. Todo. Cantado. Elementos destacables hay muchos. Comencemos por las actuaciones: Anne Hathaway y Hugh Jackman crecen como actores de una manera para mí insospechada. Ambos actores me agradaban, pero luego de esto entran en una categoría mucho más alta. Ella participa brevemente, pero su rol queda clavado en la mente del espectador como un fantasma, una sensible ausencia, e incluso días después su voz desgarradora resuena en la memoria, cruda, tormentosa. Él carga el peso de toda la producción sobre sus hombros, no sólo transmitiendo fielmente toda la gama de sentimientos que es capaz de generar un corazón humano, sino además cantando extraordinariamente mientras lo hace. Nada fácil esto último, considerando que la música podría distraer tanto al actor como a la audiencia del carácter sombrío de la acción que se desarrolla. No he visto Lincoln aún, pero parece injusto que no sea Hugh Jackman el favorito para el Oscar en esta oportunidad. Jean Valjean es el personaje de su vida, y no me extrañaría que, como suele ocurrir, el año que viene le terminen dando un Oscar de consolación por algún papel mediocre. Muy lamentable, por otra parte, lo que ocurre con Russell Crowe: quien sea que le otorgó el papel de Javert merece ser demandado por arruinar una película en la cual los talentos iban bastante parejos, del mismo modo que merece la demanda el mismísimo director. Entiendo que Hooper quería realismo, que el drama se sintiera en la voz de los personajes, y por ello el sonido no fue sustituido por una pista. El experimento dio resultado con todos los demás actores, pero en el caso de Russell Crowe tenían que haber sacado el comodín de Milli Vanilli. Ese señor no canta, y no hay forma de verlo de otra manera. Cada vez que abre la boca, el tono del film decae, porque resulta una distracción insoslayable. En lo referente a la producción, estamos frente a una obra de arte. Imposible no recordar grandes musicales de mediados del siglo pasado, como Oliver! o incluso The Sound of Music. Mucho se ha comentado del sentido revolucionario que trató de enfatizarse en esta adaptación del musical, tal vez intentando convertirlo en una lectura del zeitgeist al acercarlo al movimiento "Occupy", pero si era esa la intención creo que no fue una propuesta exitosa y, como el mismo movimiento, quedó en un limbo, sin cuajar del todo ni llegar a destino alguno. Sin embargo, sólo por la grandeza de la producción y por la dirección tan ambiciosa vale la pena verla. O padecerla. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Heather R One of the best movies ever, I've watched it countless times and cry every single time, in so many places throughout the movie.A+ acting on the entire all star cast.I adore Russell Crowe in this role, many didn't like his casting but I think he was the absolute perfect choice.. Brilliant acting from the younger cast..Just such a brilliant brilliant movie, I thought I would absolutely dislike that it's all singing,like literally all singing but after awhile you don't actually notice nobody just speaks.. Well done to all involved Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Joseph R Beautiful and tragic Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tom Hooper Director Hugh Jackman Jean Valjean Russell Crowe Inspector Javert Anne Hathaway Fantine Amanda Seyfried Cosette Eddie Redmayne Marius Pontmercy
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Synopsis After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.

Director
Tom Hooper

Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh

Screenwriter
William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer

Distributor
Universal Pictures

Production Co
Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh

Rating
PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Sexual Material|Thematic Elements|Violence)

Genre
Musical, History, Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 2012, Wide

Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Feb 23, 2024

Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2014

Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.2M

Runtime
2h 38m

Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby SRD, Datasat
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