Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman Director: Tom Hooper Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried Genre(s): Musical; Drama; Romance Release Date: December 25, 2012 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 70% As Tom Hooper proved with his Oscar-winning film, The King's Speech , he is a very talented filmmaker. His latest venture, the movie based on the hit musical Les Miserables , is ambitious -- to say the least. I think he suceeds, for the most part. Of course, I didn't see the film until after having read varying opinions about the movie: some, like Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwartzbaum , loathed it; others, like Dallas Morning News' Joy Tipping , loved it. All of the people I had personally spoken about the movie had said, "It's great; you'll love it." And, I suppose, opon further contemplation, I concur -- but I would not go so far as to say that it is perfect, because few films truly are. Going to see an epic movie...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).