Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Les Misérables

Well what an experience.  I'm not going to go thorough all the great things about this production.  Instead there are just three points I would like to make:

Anne Hathaway was simply outstanding - without her raw and powerful performance the whole film would have sunk into a an abyss of pity - instead Hathaway's breath taking performance you wanted to find out what happens.  Beyond Hathaway there were some wonderful performances from virtually every cast member - apart from:

Amanda Seyfried - she is the one actresses that really could have been helped by pre recording - her voice has, what I believe is a timbre, which after a while I found annoying.  This was a real shame;

The final point, and I don't think this fault of the film but rather the production, boy was it too long - I think it is nearly 2 & half hours - just too long.  Perhaps on the stage it works but not on the big screen.

Given all these things it was still a fantastic film, with a stunning production and an enjoyable experience, if only half an hour shorter.

Simon Marchini 

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