Les Miserables

A crowd-pleasing version of Hugo's famous novel, filled with big-name stars. For those that don't know the story, it is about a man who gets sent to prison for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread (there's a lesson in that somewhere), and upon getting out, sets about rebuilding his life and reputation until he becomes a paragon of virtue and a pillar of society, and yes, I know cliches suck. However, life is not a bed of roses as there is a pesky prison guard-cum-lawyer investigating him...

134 minutes.
All ages .
Crime, Drama

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I'm glad this is for a photo not a painting.

Credits

Cast	Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson,
Director	Bille August
Screenplay	Rafael Yglesias, from the novel by Victor Hugo
Music	Basil Pokledouris
Sound formats	Dolby
Made in	1998
Produced by	TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus Derek Wilson	10
The Cape Times Jeremy Dowson	15
The Star	10
Die Burger Herman Wasserman	5
Rapport Barrie Hough	16
TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge	16
TV2 Leon at the Movies Leon van Nierop	16
eye Weekly Tom Lyons	10
Rough Cut Jennifer Nowitzky	16
Film Review James Cameron-Wilson	15
What the People say
Internet 287 Netizens	15
Average .. 65%	13