Tell Us: What Do You Think About Les Misérables the Movie?
Les Misérables starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe is a musical and visual feast – but not for the whole family.
The must-see holiday movie of the year arrived Christmas Day as Les Misérables, starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. The movie adaptation of the world’s longest-running musical features Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper’s innovation of actors singing live, taping their singing parts while filming rather than lip-synching and their songs being added in post-production. The result is best captured when Anne Hathaway, as the desperate single mother Fantine, sings “I Dreamed A Dream” and the audience sobs with her as she despairs over her life as a prostitute. Hooper honors the source material from Victor Hugo’s story while providing a visual feast, from the opening scene where you brace yourself to be splashed with water to floating …
Peach
11:41 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
I expected great performances from Jackman & Hathaway and I was not disappointed. I was pleasantly suprised by Eddie Redmayne. His performance as Marius was BRILLANT! Russel Crowe was miscast as Javert.... he doesn't have the chops for the role and was not believeable ..he was Russel Crowe playing Javert..... STOP READING if you do not want to know the suprise cameo appearance. The great Stage … more ›