Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Wall Street Journal - This "LES MIS" does make you feel, intensely and sometimes thrillingly, by honoring the emotional core of its source material., USA Today - LES MISERABLES 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.
Author
Victor Hugo
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate violence and sex, and infrequent moderate language
Hearing Impaired
English
Additional Information
Academy-award winning director Tom Hooper's adaptation of the beloved musical LES MISERABLES makes no major changes to the original's plot. The story follows former prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), who, after being released from the watchful eye of police officer Javert (Russell Crowe), is unable to find work because of his status as an ex-convict. He eventually steals from a local church, but when apprehended, the priest claims that Valjean was given the valuables. This triggers a change in Valjean, and he constructs a new identity for himself as a pillar of society and a local businessman. Years later, he adopts a young girl named Cosette, whose mother Fantine (Anne Hathaway), a former employee of his, became a prostitute and died a horrible death in the gutters after being fired. As the years progress and the French Revolution begins to foment, a grown Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) falls for a passionate revolutionary named Marius (Eddie Redmayne), while Javert begins to close in again on Valjean's secret past.
Movie/TV Title
Les Miserables
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Awards
Best Supporting Actress 2013 - Anne Hathaway, Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 2013 -, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy 2013 -, Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy 2013 -, Best Actress In A Supporting Role 2013 - Anne Hathaway
Screenwriter
William Nicholson, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil