One of the finest literature on screen!

Director: Tom Hooper

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating: 4/5

Les Miserables is a musical extravaganza showed with deep emotions and melancholy. The film is based on the classical novel of the same name by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, which is in turn based on Les Miserables, the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo.

The movie is sung through with sound score by Claude-Michel Schonberg and the book and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer resonates the 19th century revolutionary struggles in every minute element.

The film sees Hugh Jackman giving the screen performance of his career, as the unfairly pursued fugitive Jean Valjean who is tracked by Russell Crowe playing the merciless police inspector Javert.

Anne Hathaway as Fantine the mother forced to abandon her infant daughter Cosette with the crooked couple (Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter) is exceptionally wonderful as she sang 'I dream a dream' with a stellar recital. The grown up Cosette played by Amanda Seyfried and a revolutionary army by Eddie Redmayne make a delightful romantic couple. The rest of the cast engagingly added the liveliness and certainly make the film extraordinary.

Director Tom Hooper crafted a work, equally stunning and magnificent, that holds its own in cinematic terms. The location, sets, direction, costume, the choreography and cinematography produced a maximum impact.

As a whole, the movie is drenched with sentiments, passion, energy, commitment and thanks to Hugh Jackman for his masterstroke emotional engine, the camera work throughout the film is stunning. And they sing with fervor...