Review - Les Misérables (2012)
Hey guys, Chuck here. Les Misérables , which was originally a novel by the legendary Victor Hugo, has been adapted to screen and stage in various ways, with the stage musical version by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schömberg being the most notable. In 2012, director Tom Hooper, fresh off his Oscar win with 2010's The King's Speech , brought the musical version of Les Misérables to life on the big screen. The film sports a star-studded cast, which includes High Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Daniel Huttlestone, Fra Fee, Killian Donnelly, Hannah Waddingham, Kate Fleetwood, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, and Colm Wilkinson. The movie opens in 1815 France, where we see a group of prisoners pulling a damaged ship into a dry dock for repairs. One such prisoner, Jean Valjean, is released in parole by a guard named Javert. Unfortunately, because he's viewed as a dangerous man, Va