Les Miserables - A Review

4.5 Stars - Pretty Damn Good

I feel as though I should preface this review by saying that I knew nothing about Les Mis before I went in, other than people really like it. I was pleased to find myself agreeing with them.

This is a very good film, with wonderful performances and some great songs. The songs were performed live on set by the actors, which is a very interesting new technique, and it works well for the most part. Some chorus numbers are a bit hard to make out and Helena Bonham Carter can't sing... oddly enough I disagree with most people's criticism of Russel Crowe's singing, sure it's not as good as Hugh Jackman or Anne Hathaway, but it's a long way off being bad.

The films manages to play with your emotions pretty well and you get really quite invested with the story, except maybe the typical musical romance where people fall in love when they've seen each other for about five seconds and not spoken to each other...

What do you mean Javert is your favourite character?

In short, a very good film that makes me want to look into the original musical and see what people are talking about.