
EPISODE 1.1
Episode 1
In war-torn France, convict Jean Valjean and seamstress Fantine must
... More decide their futures. Valjean's past continues to haunt him. Fantine meets the love of her life.LessSix part BBC mini series telling the epic tale of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel. It stars Dominic West as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo as Javert and Lily Collins as Fantine.
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.
LessAs Daffy Duck said, it's the rich what gets the gravy, and the poor what gets the blame. Les Miserables is a gorgeously conceived means of getting that depressing, eternal truth across.
Full reviewIt tells the story well enough but rarely gets under the skin of Hugo's mad book - a kind of spiritual potboiler cum encyclopedia that includes lengthy excursions into history, economics, philosophy, retrospective travel writing and religion.
Full reviewAn engrossing treat, featuring a vibrant cast and taking its time to unspool the melodrama and offer loving looks at 19th century France.
Full reviewVictor Hugo wrote one of the longest novels in literature... Thankfully, we viewers do get the narrative through-line in this handsome, passionate, near-heroic adaptation of Hugo's moral fable.
Full reviewThis new version of "Les Misérables" comes to us in the form of a handsome, sweeping, straightforward series of six episodes.
Full reviewLes Miserables represents a substantive commitment and yet still feels hours short of an ideal and full Hugo adaptation.
Full reviewC'est magnifique - and there is no chance of Russell Crowe popping up to sing about stars or runaway carts. Merci, Monsieur Davies. Merci.
Full reviewNow that the nuts and bolts are in place we can look forward to what promises to be a quality series safe in the knowledge that (apologies to musical fans) every Tom, Dick and Harry won't be bursting into godawful song.
Full reviewDavies's script has so far hit the main marks and tripped lightly through a thicket of exposition. Sometimes he has been constrained by threadbare material.
Full reviewLes Misérables: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand now on TVNZ On Demand.
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