Les Miserables (2012)

Movie Review: Les Miserables (2012).
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathway, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Tom Hooper
Duration: 158 minutes
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Like all great productions of art, Les Miserables, ever since it was first published, has left behind it a profound and glorious legacy. The famous production is commonly recognizable by its shortened form, Les-Mis. Perhaps the most alluring factor of the play is its immense portrayal of the human psyche. Les Miserables weaves an intricate tapestry of human emotion—anger, pain, regret, love, repentance, passion, patriotism, and many more—that is moving and so generously rewarding to anyone who reads or watches it.
Set in two acts, it is the story of Jean Valjean, a French ex-convict, who, after having escaped prison, seeks redemption for his sins. His arch-nemesis is Inspector Javert, who pursues him relentlessly throughout the story. A series of actions brings him face to face with Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, to whom Valjean becomes a father after the latter’s death. Eventually, his and his daughter’s fates become tied with those of some young revolutionaries of France, testing his character and strength more than ever.
Les Miserables, at its core, is a musical. The most interesting factor about its latest reproduction in the form of a musical film by Tom Hooper is that the actors live sing for the entirety of the f…