Title: Les Miserables Lite
Product review: The writers of this movie obviously had no clue as to the motivations of Hugo's characters. This was clearly a poor slapping-together of charicatures. Rush's Javert comes across as a cardboard villain, with utterly no nobility or honor. This isn't the Javert Hugo created. Neeson's Valjean is better crafted, but still lacks the greatness of the character in the book. This movie also ignores the social messages of the novel and seems to lack a clear focus. And where are Enjorlas, Eponine, the Thenardiers? For a much better-acted and better conceived version that covers the same ground as this one, see the Frederic March/Charles Laughton 1935 version. The 1998 version should be forgotten
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