Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

LeonLouisRicci A fine Melodramatic Film full of typical mid 30's lavish Production Values with two theatrical Lead Performances, fine Cinematography, and an always welcome reflection of injustice and despicable Human Behavior. It is a timeless tale and an unsettling reminder of an ever present, oppressive World full of Egotists and power hungry States and those who perpetuate Evil with hardly a notice.This is a much admired Movie of an often filmed story of an insightful Novel from a beloved and wordy Author. This one tallied about 1100 pages. This Cinema version is just under two hours. It is punctuated with some heavy handed Religious Artistry such as light beams, Angelic Choirs, and back-lit Characters with Halos and soft focus. There are some stunning and heartfelt Scenes and a dash of Revolutionary Rhetoric with street scenes that could remind current Viewers of the Sixties and the SDS.Film Critics and Historians usually list this one the best of the many Screen incarnations, but a few differ. Truth be told, this is probably the most easily accessible because of its shorter length and its Hollywood Golden Age allure. The book is probably read by about 1% of the population at any given time and with each passing Year even that small number is dwindling. This Movie most likely is suffering the same fate.

disdressed12 not having read the classic novel by Victor Hugo,i can't comment on how faithful this film was to the source,but as for the film itself,i found it simply brilliant.the acting is superb all around,but Fredric March as Jean Valjean and Charles Laughton as Javert,are stellar.the story itself is very well written and directed.redemption is the main theme and and that is illustrated very powerfully on more than one occasion,none more so than the last scene,in my opinion,although there is a certain amount of irony as well.in short,i loved this film,and would highly recommend it those who have a taste for classic cinema.for me,Les misérables is a perfect 10/10

evening1 "Life is to give and not to take. Promise me you will give also," the priest tells Jean Valjean after he has risked everything by stealing again.Jean goes on to exemplify those words. He becomes an industrialist and politician, but his most meaningful contribution is as surrogate father to orphaned Cossette.Both Jean and Cossette have suffered horribly, and life is finally looking up for them -- if not for Javert, the relentless, by-the-book police chief who has it in for a man who thinks for himself and lives by a superior moral code.Frederic March is a superb Jean who looks the part and delivers his powerful lines with intensity. I savored the scenes with Cedric Hardwicke as the forgiving priest. Charles Laughton was perfect, though wormy, as Javert, and beautiful Rochelle Hudson was a convincing grownup Cossette.This classic film from 1935 conjures the age without seeming dated. The climactic chase scene remains amazingly fresh. And the underlying theme of this film, as voiced by Valjean, is perhaps the most timeless element of all: "God is just, but men sometimes are not just."Some things never change.

Jesús Ibarra In my opinion, this version is far from being the best adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic and marvelous novel; these are my reasons: The Thernardiers, indispensable characters in the story, are relegated in the film to mere incidental figures. Their little son Gavroche does not even appear. Their daughter Eponine appears, but she has nothing to do with them, she is only a friend of Marius, in love with him. Fauchelevent also appears as an incidental character, when Jean Valejan saves him from dying; he does not appear when Valjean and Cosette arrive to the Petit-Picpus convent. The film does not end as the original story. Much better versions are the French ones directed in 1934 by Raymond Bernard, starring Harry Baur as Jean Valjean, and the 1982 directed by Robert Hossein, starring Lino Ventura as Jean Valjean.