Les Misérables(2012)- User Reviews

Just saw the movie and it was unbelievably good. The songs, the emotions, the tears....all very well done. There are few movies I want to see for a second time on the big screen; but this is one of them. I've seen Le Mis on the stage, on PBS and …more»

After crawling out from under a rock I finally saw Les Miserables with no preconceived ideas about the storyline much less the music and how it all should be performed. That being said, I think Russell Crowe has been judged over harshly by those that …more»

Russell Crow is an excellent actor, looks the part, and played his part very well. However, his singing is not the quality we come to expect in musicals. His pitch was okay, but his voice is not the professional, polished, powerful voice that you hear …more»

Generally, the picture was outstanding with one exception: Russell Crowe was NOT Javert!!! Especially, after viewing the 25th Anniversary DVD which there was a marvelous Javert played by a young man of color. He demonstrated such furor within himself, …more»

I loved this movie at lot. The music was all good and well written. The singing performances was amazing and I was stunned to find out that they were actually singing on camera instead of lip singing to a sound track! It brought so much more emotion from …more»

I've seen Le Miz twice live at the theater in San Francisco. When I go see a musical, any musical, at the theater I get what I expect...all song. I guess I my expectations were off for this movie. I thought there would be dialog with singing.  …more»

This is my first movie review ever. Sad to say it's not one of praise. I went to see this film with my mother last night. We had heard that the movie, like the play, was fabulous. So, with high expectations we settled in for something truly great. …more»

Had to see it to make sense of the divergent opinions. Also thought big screen was the way to see a big musical like this. For me, though, it didn't meet the hype. It was indeed raw, but seemed more like an a capella dress rehearsal. Most of the …more»

Les Mis is my all time favorite musical so i am a bit critical, but as far as the direction, cinemetography, and acting go it is superb. It is clearly an Oscar worthy picture. They did a fantastic job of recreating mid 19th century France with the sets, …more»

All the characters did their roles in top notch fashion.

The most surprising was that of Russell Crowe as

Inspector Javert. He did an outstanding job and is not a bad singer to boot!

All the rest of the actors were also superb.

I saw this as …more»