VividSimon Simply Perfect

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

gielschelfhout As a fervent musical fan It's weird that I never gotten around watching this beautiful movie. Never had I hoped that it would be this good.The movie throws you into a pool of emotions right from the strong and dark beginning to the epic ending. The acting is amazing, the actors sing very strong, beautifully and vocally correct. The costumes are amazing and camerawork is next level.At the ending I cried of pure joy, I never cry during movies and when I do, it hit my at my core. This is a movie.I will be seeing this many more times.

Malcolm Parker I do love the story and have watched most of the filmed versions that have appeared over the years with the Gerard Depardieu version being my own favourite. Financially this film has been a great success, I just wish they had worked harder to make the most of what a cinematic version might offer and it could have been another Oliver or West Side Story, but sadly it's not. So few musicals appear to work to fully utilise the medium of film and this one fails on many counts. 1. if your actors can't sing, don't force them to perfom long and avoidable solos! Poor Hugh Jackman did his best, but even an actor of his calibre can't compensate for such a long and unflattering spotlight. 2.Intersperse the songs with other stuff! 10 minutes of action does not mean the next 40 minuites can be overlooked. 3.Give people rousing choruses that they can sing along to. This film almost managed it, but felt the need to change track every time it got close. 4.You don't need to get your actors to sing every single bit of dialog. I think someone cottoned on to this about 3/4 of the way through, but then thought better of it. As it stands, this version is about an hour too long. i just hope its scale doesn't put anyone off from making another musical version some time in the future as it could be so much better than this.

jacksons-02775 I know some people who do hate it, but i say that to be BS. everything in this is great. from the music, to the acting to even some of the comedy for the thenardiers, while reletivley pointless. it's one of the best musicals of all time, and one of my all time favorite films. such great singers like Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathway and Amanda Seyfried. Even the kid, as far as child actors go isn't as annoying and has a rather cute british accent. and, I'm gonna say it, Russell Crowe isn't as terrible of a singer as everyone says. And the best part is the pathos. I cried during the several deaths. so watch it, go a head and watch it

Lee Sinclair The cast, the story, the songs, the locations, everything about this movie is perfect, the story of it is laid out so well that you will emotionally connect to every scene you watch, If it's a happy scene you will jump for joy, if it's a sad scene you will cry tears. Every location is so well made that they represent the characters feelings and tells a lot about the people during the French Revolution. When i first saw this movie and from then on this movie has been crowned as my favourite movie of all time.