Les Misérables
Les Misérables (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, based on Victor Hugo's novel Starring: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne Rating: PG Release Date: December 25th 2012 Hugh Jackman gets huge, and jacked, man in Les Misérables © 2012 - Universal Pictures A lot of people hate musicals. Who can blame them when all they offer is cheery renditions of well known storylines coupled with recycled show-tunes that they're hearing for the hundredth time? Grease, Purple Rain, Anastasia, Jesus Christ Superstar, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, or Mamma Mia all offer either bland, boring or outright goofy storylines and songs. Sure, some of the aforementioned have tragic endings, but it's hard to take any of them seriously when the actors treat the storyli