The ending always felt a bit like it needed work. Les Misérables is a tough book and both the musical and this movie do a good job trying to bring the massive story to life and still make it meaningful. On the other hand, Samantha Barks was great as my favorite character Eponine and she did portray the character on stage before. His expressions and singing are all overplayed, and I found it a bit distracting. The film approach went for a more natural feel (the audio was recorded during the filming instead of rerecorded later), and Redmayne seems like he’s doing a stage musical when everyone else is acting. They are a bit too fluffy for me and here I feel Eddie Redmayne as Marius was horrible. I’ve never been a fan of the characters of Cosette or Marius.

Oh Marius…I’m so much cooler than that stupid blonde Cosette…

As the revolution approaches, can you real the people sing? Things are further complicated when Cosette falls in love with a young rebel named Marius Pontmercy (Eddie Redmayne) who has an admirer in the Thénardiers’ daughter Eponine (Samantha Barks). As the years pass, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) grows without knowledge of her past, but the past comes back to haunt Valjean with the return of Javert and Cosette’s guardians the Thénardiers (Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter). When Valjean exposes his true identity to amend his deed, Valjean flees to Paris with the daughter of Fantine named Cosette (Isabelle Allen). Left destroyed and destitute, Fantine finds herself forced to work upon the streets. Becoming a mayor of a city and doggedly pursued by officer Javert (Russell Crowe), Jean Valjean inadvertently causes one of his employees named Fantine (Anne Hathaway) to be fired. When he steals silver from a church, Valjean takes a vow to change his ways.

Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), prisoner #24601 is released from prison after nineteen years of captivity. Javert, I’m not the Valjean you’re looking for…come on Jedi mindtrick…work!!!

Les miserables full movie 2012