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‘Les Misérables’ a somewhat successful, but inappropriately intimate adaptation

Les Misérables Directed by Tom Hooper Written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer United Kingdom, 2012 At some point in cinema history, it became bad form to make movie musicals without being self-aware or self-referential. The concern must spring from the perceived stumbling block people have when they watch musicals, …

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‘Les Misérables’ finds Tom Hooper and his cast severely out of their depth

Les Misérables Written by William Nicholson Directed by Tom Hooper UK, 2012 Verisimilitude can be a terrible trap. Film is an inherently contrived medium, one nevertheless capable of insinuating itself into realms real, imaginary and psychic through cunning, trickery, and time-honored craft. But, for better and (usually) worse, the existence of the medium’s hidden powers …

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