my sister catherine's friend had some extra pre-showing tickets, so a week before christmas, i got to see les miserables. (and i brought very very pregnant elisabeth with me. she has since had her baby. more on that when i can post a picture of her beautiful baby.)
i'm not going to write what i thought of the movie (except that i really enjoyed it), but instead redirect you andrew kern's thoughts on the movie. here is an excerpt:
If you let your daughter watch the Little Mermaid, please let her watch this too. Yes, this is a mature theme. But so, if you haven’t noticed, is The Little Mermaid. The difference is authenticity. Disney imitates on the screen the most inane fantasies of an adolescent girl. Les Miserables imitates the truth that “there are storms we cannot weather.” Watching [Fantine] sing, I felt a renewed hope that the movie going world could grow up.
read the rest here.
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