Les Miserables

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Tom Hooper
Rating: ●●●●○ - Epic

The screen transposition of this successful London west-end and Broadway musical has been done in grand style.
The stellar cast to start with (which includes a couple of Oscar winners), with a great interpretation from the prestigious wolverine Hugh Jackman and his Aussie fellow, but fierce enemy on screen, Russel Crowe, and including also great performances by Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Borat).
Then the costumes and the setting in a unsettled France of the beginning of the 1800.
Finally the poignant and intense story derived from this classic of Victor Hugo.
All these factors make this film a great movie production.
But...
I suffer from a strange allergy that makes be rattle in agony when I see a movie in which the characters speak to each other singing.
In this movie all (or at least 99%) of the dialogues are sung, so for me it has been a painful 2hs and a half.
So if you like musicals, this will probably be your favourite movie ever.
But, if you suffer from my same allergy, make no mistake, see something else.