Saturday, 19 October 2013

Not so revolutionary

Les Miserables (2012)

Directed by Tom Hooper this film based on the musical and novel of the same name stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried. An ex-convict that has broken his parole tries to do good but is pursued by a policeman in 1800s France.

It seems that the plot of the film largely follows that of the musical on which it is based with the main theme being can a person change their nature. At times the plot diverts a little too much from the story story of the Valjean and Javert for my liking but over all works fairly well. There are some good performances from the cast but when it comes to the staging what is impressive in a theatre is less so when you take away the restrictions and have CGI in your arsenal.


4/5

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