Les Miserables is by far the BEST movie I have seen him in. This movie was breathtaking! And when I say breathtaking, I don’t mean visually like the landscape or cinematography blew me away, when I say breathtaking, I mean this movie literally was slowly robbing me of my breath as each scene unfolded.

From the beginning, you are taken on a journey with Liam as he goes from rugged and bitter convict to a man who understands what Redemption means in his life. He’s a man who has been given a second chance and with that second chance he chooses to be a man of justice, mercy, understanding, and most of all, forgiveness. I really felt the inner-struggle he was having between the man he was and the man he is trying to be through his wonderful performance.

The film’s theme speaks very timelessly to all generations about redemption, forgiveness, grace, righting the wrongs you’ve done in your life with an abundance of mercy and compassion to other people, etc. The redemptive theme throughout this movie is what I really came away with loving about it. There’s something about watching a story unfold about a man whose past could likely destroy him and ultimately create destruction around him, yet decides to take his past and learn from it and pursue being a better man.

Another stand out performance in this movie came from Geoffrey Rush. Over the past 5 years or so I’ve become accustomed to seeing him as Captain Barbosa in Pirates of the Caribbean and have absolutely loved him in that role. Before this movie, I don’t think I’ve seen him in many movies when he was in his younger days. After watching his performance in this movie, I feel like I need to go back and watch all of the movies he has done. He plays a hell-bent, rule-abiding, strict-as-nails inspector who was one of the prison guards who watched over Liam when he was a convict. He plays this bitter inspector who doesn’t believe in any gray areas, to quote him, “There are 2 kinds of people: those who follow the law and those that break the law.” To him, you were either born as law breaker or born as a law abider.

I loved seeing the explosive chemistry between Liam and Geoffrey. Throughout the entire movie, you knew that it was all building up to some big moment involving them both, where they would have to face the reality of who they had become. And in the end, I was totally surprised!

Content Warning: This movie is rated PG-13 for violence, and for some sexual content. The violence is mainly during the French Revolution scenes and the sexual content involves Uma Thurman as a prostitute. She’s gets kind of beaten up and in the process her dress slips a little in the front and her chest is exposed some. It’s not too intense, but if a young one is watching, you might want them to shy away from that scene.