Les misérables: reviews

What the critics say average 5.4 from 7 outlets

• 8.0 El Diario VascoMikel G. Gurpegui Fred Cavayé, who comes from thrillers and comedy, has made a version that deserves a place on the list of standouts: a balanced, sweeping blockbuster in the vein of other French crowd-pleasers that have breathed new life into popular classics such as 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Read
• 7.0 SensaCineAndrea Zamora This is an adaptation that will win over Hugo's most devoted purists and anyone who enjoys a well-built period drama. 'Les Misérables' turns its faithfulness to Victor Hugo into both its greatest virtue and its main limitation. Read
• 6.0 FotogramasRicardo Rosado 'Les Misérables' works because Victor Hugo still speaks about us with devastating clarity. Its problem is that we know the story all too well. And on top of that, nobody sings. Read
• 6.0 El MundoLuis Martínez The director steers clear of mannerisms, reinterpretations or revisions and opts for the most head-on and flattest of readings. Or the most aerial, to be more precise. Read
• 5.0 CineuropaFabien Lemercier This emphatic attempt to energise its (rich) literary material, by turning it into a "modern western", makes it both a big, crowd-pleasing, family-oriented spectacle that’s fairly entertaining and a rather odd choice for the competitive showcase of an international festival. Read
• 4.0 VarietyJessica Kiang Three gusty hours of lots to look at and nothing to see. Read
• 2.0 Caimán Cuadernos de CineCarlos F. Heredero Only the restrained intensity that the great Vincent Lindon manages to bring to his sober performance as Jean Valjean survives this antiseptic industrial behemoth... Read