Fight. Dream. Hope. Love.
| Cast |
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks |
| Director |
Tom Hooper |
| Screenplay | William Nicholson, James Fenton, Herbert Kretzmer, from the works of Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Victor Hugo |
| Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
| Editing | Chris DIckens, Melanie Oliver |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd |
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| Genre | Drama, musical |
| Language | Very mild, @rse and whore |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Two scenes of simulated movements, brief |
| Violence | Mild to moderate. Riots, suicide. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Alcohol is abused in one scene, drunkeness |
| Comments | Based on the famous theatre production set in 19th century France and depicting both a rebellion against an oppressive upper class and one man's quest for redemption. The indominatable human spirit and its capacity for love triumphs over the odds. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Misery never looked this good. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan | 15 | |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Stellar cast belts it out. | 10 |  |
| Box Office Mark Keizer Hooper has charged himself with creating a film version of the stage musical so grand and definitive that all other iterations of the material can only withdraw into the shadows from embarrassment. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Good but not great | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 41 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 209 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast. | 14 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 14 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 50 critics | 13 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 42263 Netizens Breathtaking - A Musical with Heart | 16 | |
Average .. 69% | 14 | |