You probably know this already, but she won the best supporting actress oscar for this role. This particular performance brings a tear to my eye every time.
Anne Hathaway's mother played this same role on Broadway when she was a small child. She watched her in the role many times and was in awe of her mother's talent. Seeing her mother play Fantine was one of the biggest inspirations for her to become an actor herself.
Hugh does an incredible job also. The first 10-15 minutes of the movie. Eddie Redmayne was also incredible, he sings i think its called 'my friends' This movie they had live piano in their ears so they could react with they're emotions. It was incredible, the behind the scenes too
Devastating. A whole box of tissues needed for that performance. This is rare, even for an experienced and talented actor. By the way Chris, never appologise for showing your humanity, emotions are what we are.
Most theater geeks criticized her singing because it wasn't "THEATER" enough... but this was a Movie. Emotions HAVE to be heavier than the singing, and I think she did it JUSTICE. 🧡 WELL-DESERVED OSCAR.
These are some of the most emotional and moving lyrics I’ve ever heard and in the film, the way she speaks instead of sings at times really makes those emotions hit hard. “I dreamed that God would be forgiving,” is absolutely soul crushing to begin with. Then it’s accompanied by a completely live and incredibly raw vocal performance that TRULY sounds like a dying woman singing about the regrets of her life. There’s a level of authenticity here that I think is brilliant. You can fully believe this is her reality. I really think this performance will be legendary in the future because it’s legendary to me already.
Just such an emotional beautiful scene, it breaks ones heart to hear. Anne Hathaway's performance was stellar. This will always be one of my favorite musicals.
I always liked Ann Hathaway, but then I saw this performance and I truly and deeply respected her. Whatever else she does in her career she will always be able to point to this moment where she moved millions of people.
My daughter and i went to see this and were mesmerized by the movie. No it wasn't like the Broadway performances but it was spell binding. There wasn't a sound in the theater except sniffing and when it was over there was a standing ovation and no one left with a dry eye and we didn't care if we were seen with tears running down our face. Just plain excellent!!
She actually had her hair cut on the set in the previous song. She was astounding!!! As said before, none of the songs were recorded in studio, they were all recorded live.
Oh trivia side note, her mother was the understudy for this role in the origional broadway production and Anne used to watch her at rehersals. Full circle moment
Never apologize for being strongly affected by such a performance - it's the greatest compliment you can pay to an actor. And it's a compliment to all of us out here on the internet, that you let us all see you feeling it. Thanks much for sharing, sir.
Firstly would like to thank u for the joy I've gotten from watching your reaction vids, secondly did u get around to watching Les miserables if so I hope it didn't disappoint,
There's a reason she won ALL the awards that year. Eddie Redmane managed make me cry for the first time during Empty Chairs at Empty tables. I had seen the show on stage multiple times, never cried during that song until I watched Eddie do it up close.
I love that you cried just a few seconds in. When I watched this in the theater, man I absolutely LOST it!. Even now it still hits me like a ton of bricks. I knew she had the OSCAR wrapped up after this performance, with her entire 15 minutes of screentime. I can't remember ever seeing such rawness on screen from anyone.
The way she mix her lines with the song is amazing. It pulls you back to the reality of the character for a moment just to throw you back again to fantasy
Ann Hathaway, wow, what can you say? When I heard this at the movie theater I just started crying. I said this is an award winning performance. Jennifer Hudson singing "I'm not Going" in Dreamgirls ....another Oscar award winner for her performance.
The movie is fabulous. I've seen it at least 8 times and I full-on cry at least 5 different times during the movie. Eddie Redmayne singing "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is incredibly moving as well.
I’m not that cringe person on the internet who would say this about everything, but this is literally LITERALLY breath taking. The moment of resolve you talk about is the most underrated bit. It’s her realising she no longer has a life for herself, but she has to live for her daughter. Her soul has been torn out and is dead but her body must go on a little longer for her daughter. The whole thing is literally like idek words can’t describe
I LOVED that they chose to do live singing in this movie! Should be the case for any musical movie so we can hear emotion while they sing, especially for a musical like Les Miserables
OMG...I've never heard this before..such an excellent recommendation! Ann...congrats on this performance,I've never seen something emotional like this. Chris....another excellent reaction... You were crying,Ann was crying and it made me cry too. :)
WOW, great choice, some of the deepest and most tragic music ever in a musical. I loved Ann's performance. This movie was good, not all were my favorite performances. Russell Crowe's Stars was deeply disappointing, it is one of my favorite songs in the musical but fell flat for me. But this one, this one breaks me to my core. I cried a lot during the film but I thought she acted the heck out of this.
Russell Crowe was such a terrible choice. Like you said, he crashed and burned Stars. I love Philip Quast as Javert. He was in the 10th anniversary concert if you haven't watched that.
This performance is absolutely stunning and reduces me to tears each time I see it. Besides Anne's incredible singing, acting, and overall performance, the one thing that always stands out to me is that this is ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT. (This clip has 2 cuts at the very start, however, Anne sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in one shot.) According to an entry on the Trivia page of IMDB's entry for this film, it took 8 hours of filming to get this just right, however, it was the 4th take that was used for the film. The very IDEA that she did this more than once is amazing enough, but for 8 hours!?!? C'mon! She is truly amazing and all the awards were well earned and deserved.
I’ve never really sympathized with Marius, I mostly think his character is pointless. But Eddie’s performance was excellent and gave me both chills and a new perspective on the character.
I absolutely adore that performance as well, but I don’t know if I’d personally consider it equal. The range and sequence of emotion that Hathaway expresses is absolutely astounding, a lot of it with just facial expressions. I mean, she lets tears pour during the middle of the song, but by the end when she has let her grief transform first to anger, then resignation to her fate and lot in life, her eyes are dry. Breathtaking and crushing from start to finish.
This is why I watch your reactions, exactly what you said about about Ann Hathaway's acting, you are just as vulnerable in front of the camera with everyone watching. Thank you for that, for crying for real, as I do. Yes, you have to see the movie immediately. Enjoy every moment. It's amazing and incredible. Yes, stay vulnerable for us, keep it honest. That's so wonderful. 😀
I know this is 2 years later, but Eddie Redmayne's performance of Empty Chairs At Empty Tables in this movie is also an INCREDIBLY moving performance 😭😭😭
Hello Chris, I only knew Ann from comedies so far. We love to see her. But I didn't know that she also played such a dramatic role. I felt her pain. In every word. But her facial expressions are far more impressive than the voice, which is surprisingly good. In my respect, she climbed a great many steps. That was an outstanding acting performance. Thank you and Greetings from Germany
Just came across this reaction. It took years before I watched this movie. I’ve always loved the music and didn’t trust that the movie would do it justice, but was proven wrong. I watched it for the first time in 2014, Christmas Eve, and was obsessed! Now it’s my personal tradition to watch it every Christmas Eve.
My favorite performance of this song along with Lea Salonga's. I can't stop watching either of their performances of "I Dreamed A Dream" and Lea Salonga's performance of "On My Own".
One of the things that makes this performance so spectacular to me is that in musical theatre, you almost _never_ have actors crying during musical numbers. It's an unspoke rule. Because crying while singing inevitably spoils the vocal performance. And because most of the audience isn't looking at the microexpressions of your face, since it's a theatre and they're all far away, _and_ you have the benefit of suspension of disbelief inherent to theatre - it's far, _far_ more important that the song be well sung. Doing this performance the way she did should've been a _recipe for disaster._ _Live_ vocals, recorded close-up and in situ _in one continuous take._ She has to convincingly ugly-cry, stay in character, _and_ sing beautifully for 5 minutes straight. It's not supposed to be _possible_ to simultaneously sing _and_ act this well.
I went to the cinema 5x to watch this because it was just mind blowing from start to finish and the director made a point of them all singing live instead of in a studio so it was that more raw, gritty and real. I have lost count how many times I have watched this musical film and each time it never fails to make me cry! In the cinema with me were people who had seen the theatre production all around the world and they said that you forgot that it was a film because every scene was like watching the stage production. You have to watch the whole film, I promise you will not be disappointed but you will have to stock up on boxes of tissues!!!
I wasn't sure about this movie since I'm a huge theater need and love the Broadway version but damn she had me ugly crying. It was so raw, unpolished and real, I felt her!😥❤👏🏼
yes. you really need to see the whole film. they recorded ALL the songs live and they are all phenomenal. I promise you it will be a life-changing experience. I remember being a wreck in the theater by the end of the film and I couldn't wait to see it again lol she earned every bit of that Academy Award ❤️
When moments like this clip unexpectedly swerve into our lane we have an opportunity to drive a bar into the ground and mark the place where someone finally sang and articulated a pain or grief we have been carrying for too long, unable to put it in the ground until it could be named, expressed, articulated and dramatized and painted in blood. These are the experiences that in the end untied all of us in varying degrees. We all get our chance on the rack no matter how much money we have or the things we possess, and it is performances like this that finally free us to scream and cry and drive that iron bar into the ground and leave it behind.
I had quite the experience with this movie. The year it was released was my junior year of high school and we did a Les Mis marching show (band). We had a band of just shy of 300 people and we all flocked to the movie theaters in our show shirts the week it came out. I got to solo 'Bring Him Home' on my baritone. It was my favorite marching show. It convinced me to audition for drum major my senior year which I ended up getting
I could not agree more strongly with your opinion , this makes me cry every time I see it , it's was such amazing acting . I actually love the whole movie because all the songs are sung by the actors , it gives it so much more emotion because they are actors , yes they might not be the best singers in the world ,but for me it adds to the believability of it all . The whole movie is incredible.
This is my first time watching this clip. I don't usually like Anne Hathaway very much. But she blew this song away! Every lyric ripped my heart right out of my chest and I absolutely bawled like a baby.
I have now watched this version probably 15 times as well as several of the other versions. I can never get enough of Les Miserables , and I always cry my way through!!
Hi Larry Shair, I'm a massive movie buff and Les Miserable is the greatest musical of all time for me. I still cannot understand how Anne Hathaway did not get an Oscar nod for this performance. This was the finest Les Miserable movie ever made, as per comments below, the difference was all this acting and the singing was LIVE recorded. I believe Anne's performance in front of a camera with the emotional impact, is the best performance of this version I have ever seen. Mate got to agree with your reaction!!! Colm Wilkenson (the original Valjean) was awesome and Hugh Jackman was also exceptional. Nga Mihi brother from Aotearoa
She did win an Oscar for the role. I think it was a supporting actress award plus she may have won others that year. Supporting because she didn't have the lines, etc. required to win the Best Actress Oscar.
This is one of the most saddest character performances that anyone had ever as acted, Anne Hathaway did a great job with it, and she said she really had her hair cut in order to make the peformance feel real and that’s dedication for everyone who wants to be a actor or actress and also her mother, Kate McCauley Hathaway played Fantine in the musical, so big dedication for that too, and Fantine deserves a whole better and I found this performance to be very relatable because my sister is going through a lot and she’s being used by her jerk ex and his dirty greedy rich family, and having half custody of her son, and it’s just not fair for her to be in a situation where she’s on a merge of being like Fantine and I’ll do everything for her, I love her to death, Really Great Actress, Sad Performance.
Ann is an amazing actress and a very good singer. I have enjoyed her performances in everything I've seen her in. She rips hearts out in this one. In Ella Enchanted she cracks us up.
It is hard to choose from Ane’s performance or Samantha Barks “On My Own”. Both are so intense, dramatic, honest and blue that there is no way I do not cry every time I enjoy them
Anne Hathaway told it the way Fantine would have told it. That's how she got the same emotional reaction from moviegoers in 2012 that Fantine got from readers of Les Miserables in 1862. She says she began prepping for the part at the age of seven, when she saw her mother sing it as an understudy in the first US touring production of Les Miz. She was 29 when they shot this movie. I guess it helps to be well-prepared. Have you read Eugene V. Debs' essay, "Fantine in Our Time"? If you haven't, you should.
hi this is very very late but i had to come say just. you are the first person I've seen react to this in such a truly raw way. and in a way that feels like you GET what was being shown here. the singing wasn't technical perfection but it WAS emotional perfection. it effects me right now this moment the same way it effected you in this video and the same way it effected me the first time i saw it. i really really appreciate that!
Expect nothing. Accept everything. Proof positive that life is still precious to many of us: your strong, emotional response. Yes indeed, we--you are portraying--are still perfectly human!!!
Chris, you really should see the movie....but you'll need a box of tissues, a packet won't be enough. My daughters and I went to see it when it was first shown....I went back 3 more times, one of my daughters, 6 times. Each time you could hear sniffs and sobs from the other cinema goers and at the end, everyone stood up and clapped. Something I've never seen in a cinema. My youngest daughter got the DVD and she watched it over and over and over and when a local musical theatre were doing a production of this version of Les Miserables she auditioned and blew the producers away. She got this part and boy was she good. I had no idea she was so talented. The musical ran for a week with two matinées. When I went to see her, the sniffs and stifled sobs filled me with awe for my daughters ability to portray such raw emotion. She was awarded a trophy on the last night for 'Star Performer'. Needless to say, she was totally drained at the end of that week. To date it is my favourite version of this musical. ❤🌹
I just found this review. How is it possible that so many people have not seen this movie, and especially this scene? As soon as I saw your reaction, I knew you sere going to be a mess before this is over. When you said you were going to have to see the whole movie, I was concerned whether you would survive that experience. "A Little Fall of Rain" is the number that leaves me sobbing every time I see it. Musically, I would prefer watching stage productions of this story, but the way the songs are acted in this movie is beyond anything I have ever seen and it is a movie everyone older than 13 or 14 should see, for many, many reasons.
The fact she managed to still sing through actively sobbing is a talent in itself.
That was incredible!
This is the best performance I've ever seen. How to win an Oscar in less than 5 minutes.
Perfectly-said.
You probably know this already, but she won the best supporting actress oscar for this role. This particular performance brings a tear to my eye every time.
Well yes, THIS is why she won the Oscar, for a 4 minute performance (and deservedly so!)
@@redcardinalist yea, that was back when the Oscars were about merit rather than politics.
Anne Hathaway's mother played this same role on Broadway when she was a small child. She watched her in the role many times and was in awe of her mother's talent. Seeing her mother play Fantine was one of the biggest inspirations for her to become an actor herself.
Nice back story! Thanks!
This is how you get an Oscar in 5 minutes.
Truly amazing.
The whole music was recorded LIVE on set during filming. Hugh and the cast were amazing!
Your reaction was one of the most honest reactions I have seen from anyone. I enjoy your channel very much. The whole movie is fantastic.
Hugh does an incredible job also. The first 10-15 minutes of the movie. Eddie Redmayne was also incredible, he sings i think its called 'my friends'
This movie they had live piano in their ears so they could react with they're emotions. It was incredible, the behind the scenes too
@@B3thBakes you are referring to "Empty Chairs and Empty Tables."
If Ann's performance of this song doesn't make you cry, you have no heart. Perfection,
Truth!
Devastating. A whole box of tissues needed for that performance. This is rare, even for an experienced and talented actor.
By the way Chris, never appologise for showing your humanity, emotions are what we are.
Thanks Jonathan! This was an incredibly honest performance from Ann. Just incredible.
She won an Oscar for this. No wonder. One of the best performances of this song I've ever seen.
And she only has like 15 minutes of screen time.
@@movietimeateds69so did her character, Fantine in the musical
Most theater geeks criticized her singing because it wasn't "THEATER" enough... but this was a Movie. Emotions HAVE to be heavier than the singing, and I think she did it JUSTICE. 🧡 WELL-DESERVED OSCAR.
facts....but ask elite theater veterans and they get it.
These are some of the most emotional and moving lyrics I’ve ever heard and in the film, the way she speaks instead of sings at times really makes those emotions hit hard. “I dreamed that God would be forgiving,” is absolutely soul crushing to begin with. Then it’s accompanied by a completely live and incredibly raw vocal performance that TRULY sounds like a dying woman singing about the regrets of her life. There’s a level of authenticity here that I think is brilliant. You can fully believe this is her reality. I really think this performance will be legendary in the future because it’s legendary to me already.
Just such an emotional beautiful scene, it breaks ones heart to hear. Anne Hathaway's performance was stellar. This will always be one of my favorite musicals.
I always liked Ann Hathaway, but then I saw this performance and I truly and deeply respected her. Whatever else she does in her career she will always be able to point to this moment where she moved millions of people.
My daughter and i went to see this and were mesmerized by the movie. No it wasn't like the Broadway performances but it was spell binding. There wasn't a sound in the theater except sniffing and when it was over there was a standing ovation and no one left with a dry eye and we didn't care if we were seen with tears running down our face. Just plain excellent!!
She actually had her hair cut on the set in the previous song. She was astounding!!! As said before, none of the songs were recorded in studio, they were all recorded live.
She won an Oscar for best supporting actress in this movie-and you can see why!! She was 🔥! I felt just as you did. Thank you for the reaction!
Oh trivia side note, her mother was the understudy for this role in the origional broadway production and Anne used to watch her at rehersals. Full circle moment
Never apologize for being strongly affected by such a performance - it's the greatest compliment you can pay to an actor. And it's a compliment to all of us out here on the internet, that you let us all see you feeling it. Thanks much for sharing, sir.
Thanks for your kind words!
Firstly would like to thank u for the joy I've gotten from watching your reaction vids, secondly did u get around to watching Les miserables if so I hope it didn't disappoint,
There's a reason she won ALL the awards that year.
Eddie Redmane managed make me cry for the first time during Empty Chairs at Empty tables. I had seen the show on stage multiple times, never cried during that song until I watched Eddie do it up close.
Incredibly haunting performance.
In the context of the film version (which is enormously, incredibly made) this scene is truly heartbreaking.
When I went to see the movie in the theater, the room gave her a standing ovation and she wasn’t even there. This performance gave her the oscar
I love that you cried just a few seconds in. When I watched this in the theater, man I absolutely LOST it!. Even now it still hits me like a ton of bricks. I knew she had the OSCAR wrapped up after this performance, with her entire 15 minutes of screentime. I can't remember ever seeing such rawness on screen from anyone.
To sing is one thing, to portray the emotions connected to the words and the whole story is spellbinding.
And to think she did that in one continuous shot is out of this world.
The way she mix her lines with the song is amazing. It pulls you back to the reality of the character for a moment just to throw you back again to fantasy
Ann Hathaway, wow, what can you say? When I heard this at the movie theater I just started crying. I said this is an award winning performance. Jennifer Hudson singing "I'm not Going" in Dreamgirls ....another Oscar award winner for her performance.
Absolutely genuine. Wow.
The movie is fabulous. I've seen it at least 8 times and I full-on cry at least 5 different times during the movie. Eddie Redmayne singing "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is incredibly moving as well.
Watched it in utter awe.
I’m not that cringe person on the internet who would say this about everything, but this is literally LITERALLY breath taking. The moment of resolve you talk about is the most underrated bit. It’s her realising she no longer has a life for herself, but she has to live for her daughter. Her soul has been torn out and is dead but her body must go on a little longer for her daughter. The whole thing is literally like idek words can’t describe
I cannot explain the hurt in that song, amazingly beautiful.
All in one single take. Simply amazing talent. Thank you ms Hathaway.
Totally amazing performance
No shame in a few tears. A passionate, brilliant performance.
Try... The Weight.. by The Band. (featuring the Staples singers) Larry.
I LOVED that they chose to do live singing in this movie! Should be the case for any musical movie so we can hear emotion while they sing, especially for a musical like Les Miserables
Absolutely sheer perfection. I cry right along with her every single time I watch this performance.
OMG...I've never heard this before..such an excellent recommendation!
Ann...congrats on this performance,I've never seen something emotional like this.
Chris....another excellent reaction...
You were crying,Ann was crying and it made me cry too. :)
Incredible, right? I had a chance to watch the movie. Be prepared! It was incredible!
WOW, great choice, some of the deepest and most tragic music ever in a musical. I loved Ann's performance. This movie was good, not all were my favorite performances. Russell Crowe's Stars was deeply disappointing, it is one of my favorite songs in the musical but fell flat for me.
But this one, this one breaks me to my core. I cried a lot during the film but I thought she acted the heck out of this.
She couldn't have acted it any better, IMHO. Thanks BKBW!
Russell Crowe is what made this into a movie that I don't watch ALL the time. Because he was truly horrible. The rest were amazing!
Russell Crowe was such a terrible choice. Like you said, he crashed and burned Stars. I love Philip Quast as Javert. He was in the 10th anniversary concert if you haven't watched that.
This performance is absolutely stunning and reduces me to tears each time I see it. Besides Anne's incredible singing, acting, and overall performance, the one thing that always stands out to me is that this is ONE CONTINUOUS SHOT. (This clip has 2 cuts at the very start, however, Anne sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in one shot.) According to an entry on the Trivia page of IMDB's entry for this film, it took 8 hours of filming to get this just right, however, it was the 4th take that was used for the film. The very IDEA that she did this more than once is amazing enough, but for 8 hours!?!? C'mon! She is truly amazing and all the awards were well earned and deserved.
I honestly had no clue she has a set of pipes like THAT! Wow wow wow. I'm still sniffling and I now have to watch this film.
From the same movie : Eddy Redmayne - Empty chairs at empty tables is equally great in my opinion.
ABSOLUTELY. REDMAYNE cried, so i cried.
I’ve never really sympathized with Marius, I mostly think his character is pointless. But Eddie’s performance was excellent and gave me both chills and a new perspective on the character.
100%
I absolutely adore that performance as well, but I don’t know if I’d personally consider it equal. The range and sequence of emotion that Hathaway expresses is absolutely astounding, a lot of it with just facial expressions. I mean, she lets tears pour during the middle of the song, but by the end when she has let her grief transform first to anger, then resignation to her fate and lot in life, her eyes are dry. Breathtaking and crushing from start to finish.
I agree ,so moving .
Anne’s rendition of this song is one of a few that bring the tears for me no matter what.
They filmed everything live, and used the live vocals when they could. Makes her performance that much more amazing
This is why I watch your reactions, exactly what you said about about Ann Hathaway's acting, you are just as vulnerable in front of the camera with everyone watching. Thank you for that, for crying for real, as I do. Yes, you have to see the movie immediately. Enjoy every moment. It's amazing and incredible. Yes, stay vulnerable for us, keep it honest. That's so wonderful. 😀
Thanks so much! I watched the movie and it was incredible!
Love you man.
Never be ashamed to narrate your feelings. We're here to validate them.
To love and feel this at the deepest of levels is the essence of being human, to not, is all that is wrong with a person.
I know this is 2 years later, but Eddie Redmayne's performance of Empty Chairs At Empty Tables in this movie is also an INCREDIBLY moving performance 😭😭😭
Hello Chris, I only knew Ann from comedies so far. We love to see her. But I didn't know that she also played such a dramatic role. I felt her pain. In every word. But her facial expressions are far more impressive than the voice, which is surprisingly good. In my respect, she climbed a great many steps. That was an outstanding acting performance.
Thank you and
Greetings from Germany
Olaf, Anne won the Oscar for “Best Supporting Actress’ for this performance!
@@drieuxkoeppel8152 Thank you for this information. She deserves it. You seldom see anything as impressive as this.
Well deserved, indeed
Heartbreaking imperfect perfection
Just came across this reaction. It took years before I watched this movie. I’ve always loved the music and didn’t trust that the movie would do it justice, but was proven wrong. I watched it for the first time in 2014, Christmas Eve, and was obsessed! Now it’s my personal tradition to watch it every Christmas Eve.
My favorite performance of this song along with Lea Salonga's. I can't stop watching either of their performances of "I Dreamed A Dream" and Lea Salonga's performance of "On My Own".
Wonderful reaction, I cried through the entire thing, gave this song the message it is supposed to convey, Thank you for sharing !!!
One of the things that makes this performance so spectacular to me is that in musical theatre, you almost _never_ have actors crying during musical numbers. It's an unspoke rule. Because crying while singing inevitably spoils the vocal performance. And because most of the audience isn't looking at the microexpressions of your face, since it's a theatre and they're all far away, _and_ you have the benefit of suspension of disbelief inherent to theatre - it's far, _far_ more important that the song be well sung.
Doing this performance the way she did should've been a _recipe for disaster._ _Live_ vocals, recorded close-up and in situ _in one continuous take._ She has to convincingly ugly-cry, stay in character, _and_ sing beautifully for 5 minutes straight.
It's not supposed to be _possible_ to simultaneously sing _and_ act this well.
I went to the cinema 5x to watch this because it was just mind blowing from start to finish and the director made a point of them all singing live instead of in a studio so it was that more raw, gritty and real. I have lost count how many times I have watched this musical film and each time it never fails to make me cry! In the cinema with me were people who had seen the theatre production all around the world and they said that you forgot that it was a film because every scene was like watching the stage production. You have to watch the whole film, I promise you will not be disappointed but you will have to stock up on boxes of tissues!!!
Watched it! I'll watch it again and again. Incredible!
It is the first time I have been in a cinema and at the end, a standing ovation!
Still amazing , WOW !!
I wasn't sure about this movie since I'm a huge theater need and love the Broadway version but damn she had me ugly crying. It was so raw, unpolished and real, I felt her!😥❤👏🏼
Crying with you. She was phenomenal.
yes. you really need to see the whole film. they recorded ALL the songs live and they are all phenomenal. I promise you it will be a life-changing experience. I remember being a wreck in the theater by the end of the film and I couldn't wait to see it again lol she earned every bit of that Academy Award ❤️
When moments like this clip unexpectedly swerve into our lane we have an opportunity to drive a bar into the ground and mark the place where someone finally sang and articulated a pain or grief we have been carrying for too long, unable to put it in the ground until it could be named, expressed, articulated and dramatized and painted in blood. These are the experiences that in the end untied all of us in varying degrees. We all get our chance on the rack no matter how much money we have or the things we possess, and it is performances like this that finally free us to scream and cry and drive that iron bar into the ground and leave it behind.
Nobody can create this magic like Anne Hathaway. It's beyond the play.
My 2nd favorite Broadway musical. And I was surprised that I loved the movie as much as the show. And Ann was awesome
Omgsh 😢. I can’t stop crying. I’ve seen this play many times but never saw this song done this way. It tore my heart out
Right there with ya!
I had quite the experience with this movie. The year it was released was my junior year of high school and we did a Les Mis marching show (band). We had a band of just shy of 300 people and we all flocked to the movie theaters in our show shirts the week it came out. I got to solo 'Bring Him Home' on my baritone. It was my favorite marching show. It convinced me to audition for drum major my senior year which I ended up getting
That must have been quite the thing to hear!
Band nerds rock (trombone)!!!!!
300? Good lord! I was proud when my band back when I was in high school (in the stone age of the mid 90's) was 150!
I could not agree more strongly with your opinion , this makes me cry every time I see it , it's was such amazing acting . I actually love the whole movie because all the songs are sung by the actors , it gives it so much more emotion because they are actors , yes they might not be the best singers in the world ,but for me it adds to the believability of it all . The whole movie is incredible.
This is my first time watching this clip. I don't usually like Anne Hathaway very much. But she blew this song away! Every lyric ripped my heart right out of my chest and I absolutely bawled like a baby.
This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes
I have now watched this version probably 15 times as well as several of the other versions. I can never get enough of Les Miserables , and I always cry my way through!!
Ann wanted this role bc her mother played it in a play once 💜 I think she did her mother proud
Thanks for your reaction fella X
It’s called a reaction for a reason! There are moments and performances that should move people to tears.
Hi Larry Shair, I'm a massive movie buff and Les Miserable is the greatest musical of all time for me. I still cannot understand how Anne Hathaway did not get an Oscar nod for this performance. This was the finest Les Miserable movie ever made, as per comments below, the difference was all this acting and the singing was LIVE recorded. I believe Anne's performance in front of a camera with the emotional impact, is the best performance of this version I have ever seen. Mate got to agree with your reaction!!! Colm Wilkenson (the original Valjean) was awesome and Hugh Jackman was also exceptional. Nga Mihi brother from Aotearoa
She did win an Oscar for the role. I think it was a supporting actress award plus she may have won others that year. Supporting because she didn't have the lines, etc. required to win the Best Actress Oscar.
It happens every single time. I think this performance is overlooked. Perfection.
This is one of the most saddest character performances that anyone had ever as acted, Anne Hathaway did a great job with it, and she said she really had her hair cut in order to make the peformance feel real and that’s dedication for everyone who wants to be a actor or actress and also her mother, Kate McCauley Hathaway played Fantine in the musical, so big dedication for that too, and Fantine deserves a whole better and I found this performance to be very relatable because my sister is going through a lot and she’s being used by her jerk ex and his dirty greedy rich family, and having half custody of her son, and it’s just not fair for her to be in a situation where she’s on a merge of being like Fantine and I’ll do everything for her, I love her to death, Really Great Actress, Sad Performance.
I think I’ll have to watch the film tonight too, after seeing this song. Your reaction was very real and very raw. Thanks for your honesty, Chris.
Thanks Jackie. I watched it and it was incredible!
Thank you for thoughtful reaction using real vocabulary and real observations
Right from the start her performance gripped me to the very end. I still cry every time I watch it. She totally deserved the academy award for this.
Amazing. One of the most sincere performances I have ever watched.
Ann is an amazing actress and a very good singer. I have enjoyed her performances in everything I've seen her in. She rips hearts out in this one. In Ella Enchanted she cracks us up.
And by the way. NEVER apologize for showing your emotions. My hubby of forty years does the same. God bless you, my friend. God bless.
And, thus, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She definitely deserved the awards she received for this movie!
That was incredible . I was crying right along with you . Thanks for reacting to this . I needs to see this .
I was able to watch it! Incredible!!!! So glad to have you along for the ride!
No lip syncing in this movie. Director said he wanted the actors to act and sing at the same time, no studio recording. It worked!
One of the greatest cinematic scenes ever. All done in one take, raw and uncompromising.
I love this movie. All the performances are equal in the intensity. Please watch...absolutely amazing!!
omg I was Not ready!! I was Sobbing!!! She is Incredible! 😭😭😭
Yes, totally impressed and amazed when I saw this.
Jesus, what a performance! She lived that!
This entire movie had me in tears in the theater almost from note one.
PROTECT THIS MAN AT ALL COST!! just come across this Chanel and it’s so wholesome
Thanks Thomas! You're so very kind!
I LOVE your reactions. Always so real.
It's such a strong performance. Shatters me every time.
It is hard to choose from Ane’s performance or Samantha Barks “On My Own”. Both are so intense, dramatic, honest and blue that there is no way I do not cry every time I enjoy them
Anne Hathaway told it the way Fantine would have told it. That's how she got the same emotional reaction from moviegoers in 2012 that Fantine got from readers of Les Miserables in 1862.
She says she began prepping for the part at the age of seven, when she saw her mother sing it as an understudy in the first US touring production of Les Miz. She was 29 when they shot this movie. I guess it helps to be well-prepared.
Have you read Eugene V. Debs' essay, "Fantine in Our Time"? If you haven't, you should.
This song performance won her the academy award
hi this is very very late but i had to come say just. you are the first person I've seen react to this in such a truly raw way. and in a way that feels like you GET what was being shown here. the singing wasn't technical perfection but it WAS emotional perfection. it effects me right now this moment the same way it effected you in this video and the same way it effected me the first time i saw it. i really really appreciate that!
Expect nothing. Accept everything. Proof positive that life is still precious to many of us: your strong, emotional response. Yes indeed, we--you are portraying--are still perfectly human!!!
The two songs from this musical that make me the most emotional are "A Little Fall of Rain" and "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables".
One take start to finish. She said in an interview they went with take four but she wanted to keep trying for better so they kept going. Amazing
Crazy!
Saw this at the movies back in the day. Her performance floored the whole cinema
No shame in your reaction. An incredible performance and worthy of tears (of the best kind), yes watch the whole film. Thank you for your honesty.
Thanks so much for your kind words! I watched the movie and was blown...away....
Chris, you really should see the movie....but you'll need a box of tissues, a packet won't be enough. My daughters and I went to see it when it was first shown....I went back 3 more times, one of my daughters, 6 times. Each time you could hear sniffs and sobs from the other cinema goers and at the end, everyone stood up and clapped. Something I've never seen in a cinema.
My youngest daughter got the DVD and she watched it over and over and over and when a local musical theatre were doing a production of this version of Les Miserables she auditioned and blew the producers away. She got this part and boy was she good. I had no idea she was so talented. The musical ran for a week with two matinées. When I went to see her, the sniffs and stifled sobs filled me with awe for my daughters ability to portray such raw emotion. She was awarded a trophy on the last night for 'Star Performer'. Needless to say, she was totally drained at the end of that week. To date it is my favourite version of this musical. ❤🌹
I was able to watch it. SO Incredible!
I have never made it through the musical or the movie without crying multiple times. You should watch Empty Chairs at Empty Tables next.
At the end of her singing,her facial expression turned calm.But the calmness looked more like desperation.
All one shot. No cuts or editing. Amazing.
I just found this review. How is it possible that so many people have not seen this movie, and especially this scene? As soon as I saw your reaction, I knew you sere going to be a mess before this is over. When you said you were going to have to see the whole movie, I was concerned whether you would survive that experience. "A Little Fall of Rain" is the number that leaves me sobbing every time I see it. Musically, I would prefer watching stage productions of this story, but the way the songs are acted in this movie is beyond anything I have ever seen and it is a movie everyone older than 13 or 14 should see, for many, many reasons.