Les Miserables (2013)
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway
UK Release Date: 11th January 2013
Now I've been a bad film students, proven by the fact that this is the first of this years Oscar best pictures nominees that i have seen. I obviously have not being trying hard enough, something that cannot be said of any one who worked on Les Miserables. Quite the opposite of the subtle loveliness of Tom Hooper's previous two films, Les Mis is an epic looking piece of cinema that just happens to only have about 2 lines of actual dialogue. Thanks to Hooper's risk in having the cast sing live the constant singing actually works and allows the cast to perform to their best. There's not a bad performance there with some of the less experienced cast such as Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Banks shinning. But what the film will always be remembered for is Anne Hathaway's incredible supporting role that has Oscar written all over it, that will bring almost all to tears. While not a perfect film, Les Mis is the perfect adaptation of the stage musical experience and will go down as one of the best film musicals in history.
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