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Dec 25, 2012
90
This "Les Mis" does make you feel, intensely and sometimes thrillingly, by honoring the emotional core of its source material.
Dec 21, 2012
88
Les Miserables understandably cuts some of the stage production's numbers, but all of the major anthems are intact and wonderfully presented.
Dec 21, 2012
88
Besides being a feast for the eyes and ears, Les Misérables overflows with humor, heartbreak, rousing action and ravishing romance. Damn the imperfections, it's perfectly marvelous.
Dec 25, 2012
88
Les Misérables is sweeping, as would be expected given the scope of the hugely popular stage musical from which it is adapted. But it's also wonderfully intimate, thanks to Tom Hooper's deft direction.
Dec 25, 2012
83
Tom Hooper, who directed "The King's Speech," is not great with action and big set pieces, but he gets the job done. What makes Les Misérables work are the up-close moments when he can focus on performance and song.
Dec 6, 2012
80
Stirring and striking, Hooper's epic musical won't be wanting for awards and plaudits. Danny Cohen's cinematography is stunning and Hathaway's Oscar is guaranteed.
Dec 11, 2012
80
Russell Crowe's pained vocal stylings (they sound more like barks) as relentless Inspector Javert can be forgiven after hearing Hugh Jackman's old-pro fluidity in the central role of Jean Valjean, hiding a criminal past.
Dec 20, 2012
80
Fortunately, this sprawling epic is well-anchored. There cannot be a better big-screen showman than Jackman.
Dec 25, 2012
80
Despite its pitfalls, this movie musical is a clutch player that delivers an emotional wallop when it counts. You can walk into the theater as an agnostic, but you may just leave singing with the choir.
Dec 25, 2012
80
What we're left with is a love-it-or-hate-it film. Those determined to resist its deep-seated romanticism - or its operatic approach - will probably emerge from the theater as miserable as the film's characters. But those who are willing to give into it, and who want to take a grand cinematic voyage, stand to be greatly rewarded.
