If you loved The King's Speech, try Les Misérables

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Tom Hooper, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to The King's Speech, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Les Misérables is

Jean Valjean meets Les Mis without singing. A parole-breaker becomes mayor while Javert clocks every step, one cat-and-mouse decade. Les Mis delivers a revolution in close-ups and a one-man wrecking crew of a lead. Tom Hooper’s postcard France.

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