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十九世纪的巴黎，贫苦的冉·阿让为了挨饿的孩子去偷面包，结果被饱食终日的法官判处19年的苦役。出狱后，走投无路的冉·阿让被好心的米里哀主教收留过夜，却偷走了主教的银器潜逃，后被警察捉回。主教声称银器是送给他的，使冉·阿让免于被捕。主教的言行感化了冉·阿让，他化名马德兰，从此洗心革面奋发向上，十年后成为成功的商人并当上市长。这时，以前缉拿过他的警长沙威出现，一心要找他的麻烦。在此期间，冉·阿让得知了妓女芳汀的悲惨遭遇，并承诺照顾她的私生女柯赛特。八年过去了，平静的生活再起波澜——柯赛特爱上了共和派青年马利尤斯，轰轰烈烈的巴黎人民起义爆发了，无赖德纳迪埃和冉·阿让又狭路相逢，而多年来从未放弃追捕冉·阿让的警长沙威又出现在冉·阿让的面前。

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I understand why "Les Misérables" set a new opening-day grossing record for musical films, but I don't understand why as many as 70 percent of the reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes have given it a positive rating. I mean, it is common, if not inevitable, for crazy fans to swarm the cinemas for film adaptations of their favorite work of art, but it is not so common to see critics rate a movie purely based on emotional grounds.For example, they love the original musical or they enjoy some emotional singing.

Personally, I find it to bizarre to see Wolverine put away his paws and take up singing for a change, but I am not rejecting the movie because of that. Instead I swallowed it up, calmed my stomach and kept watching. Also, I found the overflowing emotion in the singing a bit unnerving, but again I am not rejecting it better they have some than none at all.

However, I do have to point out that emotion alone doesn't make a good musical film. There must be a certain chemistry between the singer and the stage. In the case of "Les Misérables," the directors have apparently ignored the stage and put the focus on the makeup instead. Well, the makeup has to be immaculate because it must stand up to the test of the movie's countless close-ups. And yes, there are many close-ups. In fact, someone should have reminded the directors that they were making a movie, not big screen live feeds at a pop-star concert.

Now that poor cinematography and the setting have destroyed their chemistry with the stage, the actors sound tedious even at the height of their emotions. The problem is made worse by a lack of development in thestoryline and characters.

Javert played by Russell Crowe has to pursue Valjean simply because it is his duty, but what has this weird relationship done to both men? Valjean has been the stepfather of Fantine's daughter for years, but are they close? Suddenly, the little girl grows up and falls in love with a young man, and pretty soon they are married, but why? And, of course, the young man has to be in a student revolution. After all, this is France in the early 19th century. But what are the students dying for? You'll get no clue from watching the movie.

So, I can think of no good reason to enjoy this extended musical film. In fact, whenever Hugh Jackman takes a deep breath, I say: "Oh no, he is going to sing again." That should be the right critical response to this sloppy adaptation of a masterpiece. On my scale from one to 10, I give it a four.

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