Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jan 23, 2021 7/10

Rarely does the quality rise to feel particularly striking or transcendent, but to criticise that too much would be to punish the film for simply being really quite good instead of exceptional.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Jan 27, 2013 6/10

Neeson's is an outstanding, memorable Jean Valjean who does a mighty job of anchoring this film and keeping its drama earthy and humane.

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David Poland Movie City News Dec 6, 2012

I feel like saying I hate this movie. I really don't. I was just bored out of my mind by its lack of anything real.

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Emanuel Levy Variety Mar 26, 2009

Without a doubt the most emotionally powerful and handsomely mounted production of the story yet.

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Luisa F. Ribeiro Boxoffice Magazine Oct 18, 2008 3/5

[An] attractive, solid rendering of this popular classic.

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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Jan 26, 2006 3.5/4

A beautiful testament to the strength of the human spirit. This version of Les Miserables is a triumph for everyone involved.

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Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Apr 9, 2005 B

The new version is a traditional telling of the story, and there is nothing wrong with tradition.

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Eugene Novikov Film Blather May 22, 2003 D

Somewhere, Victor Hugo must be rolling in his grave.

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John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Feb 8, 2003 4.5/5

With a group like this, and with Hugo's literature, who could lose?

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Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer Oct 15, 2002 3/4

Victor Hugo's great novel Les Miserables has been translated to screen at least five times before. Leave it to Liam Neeson to make a sixth seem indispensable.

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Jun 18, 2002 3.5/5

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Gary Susman Boston Phoenix Mar 24, 2002

August's film won't make you forget the musical or the many previous movie versions, but an entertaining, stirring version of Hugo's tale of social justice is always welcome.

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Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Mar 2, 2002

Illustrates the redemptive power of forgiveness and the destructive consequences of self-hate.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Feb 27, 2001 2.5/4

August never manages to build any real momentum or urgency to pull the story along -- it's more like he wades through it, moving from one set-piece to the next with deliberate care.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Jan 1, 2001 6/10

It's not that this is a bad film, after all it does have fine actors and it is based on a great story. It just doesn't live up to its predecessors.

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Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Jan 1, 2000 3/4

A disappointing film that can be strangely cold and antiseptic, its wonderful story and its production save the day in the end. But if you don't want to see this version, you can rent one of the others or wait a few years for the next one.

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Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews Jan 1, 2000 6/8

Much of what I enjoyed of the novel was missing, but then it should come as no great surprise that not all 1600 pages of story would make it to the screen.

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