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Les Misérables (TV Miniseries)

Les Miserables

2018

Tom Shankland

Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Ellie Bamber ...

6.9

453

TV Series. Drama TV Miniseries (2018). 6 Episodes. Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more. With Dominic West as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo as Javert and young actress Lily Collins as Fantine.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A solid and respectful take (...) Extra time devoted to the novel's heroes and myriad villains deepens the most soul-crushing beats of the novel"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"C’est magnifique – and there is no chance of Russell Crowe popping up to sing about stars or runaway carts. Merci, Monsieur Davies. Merci (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"[Davies and Shankland tell] the interweaving stories of the earnest, passionate, petty, complex citizens of post-revolutionary Paris with efficient ease."	POS
United Kingdom	Ed Cumming The Independent	"On its own terms it is fine. It exudes confidence from the opening scene (...) The small screen no longer feels like quite the right place for 'Les Misérables's' grand sweeps (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jasper Rees Telegraph	"[It] is on song, even without the tunes (...) A solidly impressive start (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Hanh Nguyen IndieWire	"[The novel] is still compelling, relevant, and most of all, introspective. This mammoth undertaking would be nothing without Valjean and Javert, whose characters contain multitudes"	POS
United States	Louisa Mellor Den of Geek	"It’s not a bold reimagining, nor a modernised or stylised one (...) It's a faithful, well-made, and yes, perhaps unadventurous, retelling of a collection of stories"	NEU

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