Based on the stage show of the same name, Les Misérables is easily one of the most ambitious films of 2012 that is extremely reminiscent of those epics in the Golden Age of Hollywood but is painted with a 21st century brush. Directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech, Les Misérables is not your average musical but rather a strange realistic interpretation of the original opera that only has a handful of words as the majority of the film is sung.

However where Les Misérables comes into its own is how Hooper directed his colourful assemble of actors. Unlike traditional musicals, the songs of Les Misérables were actually recorded live on the sets opposed to post-production recordings. Does it work? It actually works quite well, especially when Anne Hathaway as Fantine sings I Dreamed a Dream which I doubt left a dry eye in the entire cinema. As for me, I may have had something in my eye but in all seriousness, the raw emotion that Hathaway uses truly touches your soul.

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