Les Misérables currently has an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 and has been rated by 87 users on our platform.
...a gripping experience, tense and upsetting, showing how seemingly small events, perhaps manageable in the particulars, can balloon into something out of control, like a fire exploding into a conflagration.
Read full review at Roger Ebert...tense, explosive and urgent. A powerful fiction debut from documentarian Ladj Ly.
Read full review at Empire...a police drama set in a tough Paris suburb..
Read full review at The Guardian...paints an admirably uncliched portrait of banlieue life, as vibrant and diverse as that of Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood.
Read full review at The GuardianWildly entertaining and often really intense. I didn't like the ending, but everything that came before it felt raw and authentic.
...a powerful and yet endearing film, that follows the struggles of the ethnic communities in Montfermeil and the police corruption that follows them.
Read full review at Ready Steady Cut...this uncompromising French drama explores the dynamics and growing tensions between the police and the diverse neighborhood they serve.
Read full review at Common Sense Media...a molotov cocktail in the face of that lovely but increasingly outdated (unfortunately) motto of France: Liberté, égalité, fraternité.
Read full review at The Austin Chronicle...blood, rage and barricades on the streets of Paris
Read full review at The Telegraph...tanken på barnen som vittnen är "Les Misérables" största styrka, tillsammans med den nerviga slutsekvensen.
Read full review at Aftonbladet...en engagerande brandfackla som belyser förorten ur flera perspektiv och kopplingen till Victor Hugos klassiska roman om osynliggjorda människor i samhällets utkant hade inte kunnat vara mer välfunnen.
Read full review at Dagens NyheterDe sidste 30 minutter har ætset sig fast på min nethinde, siden jeg så filmen første gang, og blev kun stærkere ved gensyn.
Read full review at SoundvenueAllt som allt är detta ett starkt drama om utsatthet, våld och korruption i ett samhälle som tycks vara på gränsen till förfall. Rekommenderas starkt.
Read full review at Filmtopp...en film som är här och nu, som glider friktionsfritt in även i den aktuella svenska samtiden med debatten om dubbla samhällen, om våld och gängbildningar i förorten.
Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna...en nysgerrig etisk undersøgelse af livet og værdierne i et område, som mere eller mindre er blevet ladt til sig selv af staten.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko