When I heard the
cast for the movie musical of Les
Miserables , it looked like I had dreamed-a-dream come true. Hugh Jackman!
Anne Hathaway! Russell Crowe! Helena Bonham Carter! Amanda Seyfried!
Their individual
performances, all sung live on camera, are solid, impressive and moving. And
the soundtrack is selling well. So that worked.
But dang, Director Tom
Hooper (The King’s Speech) has
assembled a relentless, 2 hour 38 minute movie that feels as long as it is. Yeh,
at about the second hour, I screamed a scream as much time went by.
Simply
put: Loved the book. Loved the musical play. Liked the movie. The world’s longest
running musical has become the longest-seeming film.
Award
potential: Hugh Jackman holds
this thing together and could win Best
Actor. Anne Hathaway is the front-runner for Best Supporting Actress. She indeed stole big moments from the
movie — that type of performance tends to win that award.
At the end of the
day, this film is a great way to reward these two versatile, well loved actors
— but it won’t take Best Picture and Skyfall will probably take the Best Song
title away too.
The ten
buck review: Worth ten bucks for Les Miz
fans. Others should stay away.
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