Escaping from Javert twice, Valjean and Cosette move to Paris where Cosette falls in love with Marius (Eddie Redmayne), a French Republican and member of the “Friends of the ABC.” Marius, along with the leader of the “Friends of the ABC,” Enjolras (Aaron Tveit), plan a rebellion against Louis Philippe’s monarchy that will coincide with General Lamarque’s funeral. Valjean promises Fantine that he will rescue her child, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) from her life with a cruel innkeeper, Thénardier (Sacha Baron Cohen) and his wife, Madame Thénardier (Helena Bonham Carter), and raise Cosette as his own. Under one of his assumed identities as a factory owner and mayor of Montreuil, Valjean meets Fantine (Anne Hathaway), his former factory worker and now a prostitute who is dying.
After breaking parole, Valjean is chased by Police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) for nearly fifteen years. The film follows the life of paroled criminal, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) in his struggle for redemption, from 1815 to the June Rebellion of 1832. But despite its many triumphs, it lacks historical context and may leave viewers scratching their heads about basic plot elements. Overall, Les Misérables is an intense, moving, and beautiful film, and I highly suggest that you add it to your watch list. But after the opening weekend alone, the new Les Misérables was already considered a commercial hit with an estimated $18.2 million in box office receipts (the film has now earned more than $100 million) and many favorable reviews. A film adaptation of a stage play that itself was a musical adaptation of a novel-especially such a well-known and prodigious novel as Victor Hugo’s 1862 Les Misérables-is even riskier. Maybe my only problem with the film is its duration, in several moments I stopped to look at how much time was left to finish, not enough to be annoying, but if I had a half hour more it could be more easily accessible.2 Comments Les Misérables is an emotional tour de force with eight Oscar nominations, but how does the film stack up in terms of history? UT history doctoral student Julia Gossard explains in a review for Not Even Past.Ī film adaptation of a stage play is always a risky venture. The actors are all incredibly good in their roles, both in acting and singing. The plot brings a sad story that at the same time criticizes ancient times of humanity, but can also be understood as a parallel with the world today.
In at least three moments in the story I really was prone to crying (Anne Hathaway simply destroys her role, even though she appears a little bit lightly) and this is something that does not happen often when I watch movies. So I say that the feature film is surprisingly good, even if it seems strange at first. I confess that I got surprised in the first 15 minutes of the movie, when at no time did the actors stop singing for "normal lines", I had never seen a movie with that format. Reviewed by Carlos André 9 / 10 Surprisingly incredible and sentimental
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