Of all the Broadway musicals that I’ve seen over the years, LES MIS was never one that I thought I would like, in spite of the beautiful music from it, such as the song which catapulted Susan Boyle to international fame, “I Dreamed a Dream”.
But with such big box office names such as Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonhomme Carter, and Baron Sacha Cohen leading the cast of the new movie version, I finally had to give in and see what I’ve been missing. This stellar cast did a marvelous job of bringing the classic Broadway musical to life on the big screen!
For those unfamiliar with the storyline of Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, a man hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine