i be not one to usually comment on a film after watch it and i rarely do so . but i felt compel to make a response to all the positive commentary on imdb regard le miserables . for one thing and the acting be mediocre save for that of geoffrey rush and furthermore and the script be blunt and unimaginative . most importantly and i be sick of hear people say that we shouldn not compare a film adaptation to the original text . when a director or producer have utilize a well know and much love epic such a le mi and they be already work on the goodwill produce by the original . they can not conjure a weak excuse of a job then claim that it shouldn not be compare to the original . they could have simply change the name ( a clueless do to the original emma by jane austen ) . director should not be allow to get away with hijack a masterpiece such a le mis without the necessary criticism when they do not produce something truthful to the text . i be very disappointed in this movie a not only do it leave out important section of the text and it be film in a manner that make it into a regular hollywood police chase action film rather than the subtle encounter that glue the story together in the text . a narrative similar to that of crash and magnolia would have suit le mis much well . overall and utterly disappointing .