Les Misérables(2012)- User Reviews

After seeing Les Mis for the second time, I have decided to go ahead and write a review of what I thought. I have seen Les Mis five times on stage (most recently in October) and was in a production of it a few years back. Les Mis isn't just my favorite …more»

I probably read the book many years ago in high school. My daughter (a junior) just read it this past semester. She told me about it, and it sounded interesting, but nothing really for me to dwel on.

Then we saw it was coming to theaters. She wanted …more»

The 1998 version with Liam Neeson was ten times better. If it wasn't for the strong performances from Hathaway, Banks, and Redmayne this would have been a total bomb. I would not consider this a family movie with the two sex scenes and prosititution. …more»

Samantha Barks was amazing. Hathaway was super strong. A couple other lesser known actors (who's names I can't easily find) were very good. Seyfried was dead behind the eyes as always --- is she even an actress? I'm sorry, thats mean -- I'll …more»

Les Miserables is set in the Paris Uprising of 1832. The story contains many subplots, but the main thread is in the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean who becomes of the epitome of turning over a new leaf. The novel, written by Victor Hugo is generally …more»

I do actually like the story of Les Mis and the music is amazing, however, that was all done already, so what you have left is putting it in a movie... which I felt was poorly done. I HAVE seen the play live and was just amazed by it, and knew it would …more»

To me, Victor Hugo's masterpiece represents a constantly repeating theme of man. The desire of mankind for justice, peace, and wholesomeness. Victor Hugo used the period 1789-1799 to speak to need for change in the mid-1800's.

When I think …more»

I am not a die hard Les Mis fan nor am I a die hard musical fan. I saw the movie because of all of the hype and I tend to see Oscar worthy movies so I have an opinion about who the Academy hand the little gold statue to.

All in all the movie was very …more»

What a waste of money...I left after 1 hour of depressing singing by a bunch of non-singing actors. Although the scenery and spectacle of the grey drizzly life which was probably very authentic early 1800s France which is no doubt CGI was well done I …more»

I thoroughly enjoy the theater version and was sceptical about the movie. But the movie was able to fill in some of the details about the Victor Hugo novel that the theater does not always capture. I thought that the performances were amazing and the …more»