9: Les Misérables
Apparently Anne Hathaway is one of the internet’s most polarizing actresses, a fact I’ve only recently become aware of (for the record: she’s awesome. Deal, haters). So, perhaps it’s fitting that her teary-eyed rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream” is Les Mis’ big litmus test. If you crumple into an inconsolable heap at the raw emotion onscreen, you’ll be weepy putty in the film’s clutches, and probably love every second of it.
If you’re like me though, you’ll spend the whole time wondering what the hell convinced director Tom Hooper to shoot his big showstopper like an off-angle Sinead O’Conner video. The next two hours will devolve into a relentless slog through scattershot storytelling, and baffling direction choices.
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