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| Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1998 |
Starring:
Christopher Adamson, David Birkin, Patsy Byrne, Reine Brynolfsson, Tim Barlow, Timothy Bateson, Veronika Bendová
Summary:
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
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This latest Les Miserables is a watchable, even worthy, attempt. It's far from miserable. [01 May 1998, p.21]
August's Les Misérables is the sort of film for which such faint-praise terms as "handsome" and "not bad" were invented. It's all of the above, and at times a bit better, but ultimately an experience akin to flipping through Cliffs Notes and a book of French paintings at the same time.
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Les Miserables is like a perfectly respectable Classics Illustrated version of the Victor Hugo novel. It contains the moments of high drama, clearly outlines all the motivations, is easy to follow and lacks only passion. A story filled with outrage and idealism becomes somehow merely picturesque.
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Hugo's themes may be timeless, but in this version the viewer is all too aware of the passing time. [04 May 1998, p.81]
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