Les Miserables
1998
***
Director: Bille August
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes
A perfectly enjoyable adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about a reformed convict who cannot escape his past. Liam Neeson is charismatic as Jean Valjean but Geoffrey Rush is a bit one-note as Javert, the relentless inspector on his trail. The ending is slightly confounding.
