This isn't a bad film--in fact, if you never read the novel by Victor Hugo, you may think it is a great film. However, how can any film possibly adequately capture the intricacies of a HUGE novel with so many characters and sub-plots. As a result, many of these subplots and characters are simply missing from the film or aren't fully developed. Charles Laughton does a decent job of playing Inspector Javert, however, this character is probably the most important from the novel and in this case he is simply a bad guy without much rhyme or reason. As a result, the movie is sketchy and pretty to look at, but that's really about all.
Review of Les Misérables
