Les Miserables -2012 Updated Jun 2026

As the corrupt innkeepers Thénardier, Cohen and Bonham Carter provide the only comic relief in a three-hour tragedy. “Master of the House” is a grimy, bawdy music hall number that prevents the film from becoming emotionally exhausting. Their grotesque chemistry is perfect.

When the film premiered, a critic wrote that Jackman’s performance sounded like a man "singing on the edge of his own destruction." They meant it as praise. They had no idea how literal it was. les miserables -2012

Representing hope and a future free from her parents' suffering. As the corrupt innkeepers Thénardier, Cohen and Bonham

Between takes, he would walk off set, lean against a wall, and silently cry—not from the emotion of the scene, but from the physical agony. He couldn't speak above a whisper. He drank honey and warm lemon water by the gallon. A vocal coach massaged his throat. Then, when Hooper called action, Jackman would open his mouth and, against all medical logic, produce that fragile, aching, beautiful rendition of "Bring Him Home." When the film premiered, a critic wrote that

: The story follows Jean Valjean's spiritual journey from a hardened criminal to a man of radical empathy after receiving mercy from Bishop Myriel.