Title: Thoughtful, well done verson of the classic
Product review: I am responding to Amazon.com's review of the movie, which I almost think you didn't watch. Fantine wasn't pregnant when Valjean took her in, her daughter was six. And it didn't end in teen-age angst--there were legitimate reasons for a loving daughter to finally insist on some explanation from her father. I missed the selfless Epononine myself, but felt that her absense in the film version was for the sake of clarity and length--she and her family are a complicated sub-plot, really. Instead the movie focused (brilliantly) on the relationships between Valjean, Javert, Cossette, and secondarily, Marius. While the musical version is a kind of trage-comedy, the movie version is dramatic, and as such interpretations of characters vary somewhat from the musical, and I thought this was done with insight and integrity. Also, the ommission of the Thenadiers makes this version suitable for wider audiences. The acting was superb, Geoffrey Rush is unmatchable.
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