Les Misérables (2024)

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A 'musical' for tone-deaf people. Excruciatingly dire.

If you're a fan of this musical, you'll be a fan of this movie. Les Misérables adds a new dimension to the story many of us already know. However, I wasn't impressed with some of the vocals. Yes, I know that the live singing allows the actors to portray more emotions, but at times the raw singing was just distracting. The acting is superb, though, and I found myself getting caught up in the emotions of the characters. Vive Les Mis!

As a die hard fan of Les Amis since it was released 31 years ago, I had only two complaints about this film, they were Russell Crow and Sacha Baron Cohen! Having been used to the likes of Philip Quast and Alun Armstrong, they failed to meet the expectations of the character for me.The rest of the film allowed for the upmost respect to all original casts and in particular the cameo role for Colm Wilkinson.The sets were beyond expectation and some of the songs like 'Lovely ladies' seemed to have even more emotion poured in to them.A powerhouse of a film, that did little harm to the die hard fans.

I do love the story and have watched most of the filmed versions that have appeared over the years with the Gerard Depardieu version being my own favourite. Financially this film has been a great success, I just wish they had worked harder to make the most of what a cinematic version might offer and it could have been another Oliver or West Side Story, but sadly it's not. So few musicals appear to work to fully utilise the medium of film and this one fails on many counts. 1. if your actors can't sing, don't force them to perfom long and avoidable solos! Poor Hugh Jackman did his best, but even an actor of his calibre can't compensate for such a long and unflattering spotlight. 2.Intersperse the songs with other stuff! 10 minutes of action does not mean the next 40 minuites can be overlooked. 3.Give people rousing choruses that they can sing along to. This film almost managed it, but felt the need to change track every time it got close. 4.You don't need to get your actors to sing every single bit of dialog. I think someone cottoned on to this about 3/4 of the way through, but then thought better of it. As it stands, this version is about an hour too long. i just hope its scale doesn't put anyone off from making another musical version some time in the future as it could be so much better than this.