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Hilarious Vid Features Kids Catching Parents Sobbing After Seeing ‘Les Misérables’: ‘I’m So Upset — I Can’t Talk About It’

Jan. 3, 2013 2:45pm Liz Klimas

One shouldn’t go in to see “Les Misérables” expecting to leave a more joyful human being. Two movie goers recently left the theater inconsolable after seeing the movie remake of the Broadway play about the French Revolution.

The couple, filmed by their children on the car ride home, were the literal English translation of the movie’s French title, meaning “the miserable ones.

Parents Crying Reaction to Seeing Les Miserables Goes Viral

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

The video, titled “My Parents’ Reaction to the Les Misérables Movie,” starts with Dad saying “I hear the first note, I start to cry.” A choked up Mom agrees.

“But didn’t he, wasn’t it better than the play George?” Mom said.

Dad can’t answer because he’s quietly weeping up front, so Mom answers for him. “It was better than the play,” she said.

“I was walking and I was crying,” George said.

Upset that their children are snickering at them, Mom asks how they could laugh.

“I’m not laughing. I was sad too,” one of them replies. It’s hardly in a believable tone though. Glossing over that, the kid asks, what the saddest part was.

“At the end, his eyes. …I’m so upset. Oh my God. I can’t talk about it,” Mom said.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Now, even George sees some of the humor in the situation.

“We’ve been to funerals and been less upset.”

George saying they’ve seen people cry less at family member’s funerals. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

Watch the parent’s reaction for yourself:

The video posted by the YouTube user rf24music has more than 244,000 hits after being uploaded on December 28, just three days after it opened in theaters. It has also been reposted on the video-sharing site several times with some getting up to 44,000 hits. It has been making its way around websites nationwide and was even promoted by Ellen Degeneres and Good Morning America.

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g56
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 11:55pm
It’s a very sad story, I probably won’t see the movie, I love the music even though it is so sad, and I’ve seen a lot of previews of the movie, the movie screws up the music! The director decided it was better to make a dramatic statement by having the actors sing as they perform, he thinks it makes a better dramatic statement, while it might do that, it also destroys what should be some really good music!

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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:12am
  I like the *book*. It’s funny how many people think this originated with a Musical from the 90′s (not saying you did). It’s a book by Victor Hugo (the same guy who wrote Notre Dame de Paris aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame). It was written as a strong emotional novel that describes terrible conditions in war torn France, which necessitate…wait for it…the move to a socialist society. You don’t get a lot of the socialist outright declarations (though the battles where the red flags wave should clue you in), but make no mistake, Hugo was a highly gifted writer and a full blown socialist.
  
  This was meant as propaganda back then, just as its being used now.
  
  I adore Hugo’s writing style, and have read some of his work in its original French. But I always keep in mind that he was a Romantic writer writing for a very specific agenda.
  
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- TimPatriot
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:25pm
  GhostofJefferson– This is a long time favorite novel of mine.
  
  What I took from it was certainly the lunacy of insane justice, class warfare, man’s inhumanity to man, etc……. BUT ALSO…..much more: The forgiveness of the candlestick theft; holding Valjean accountable for having an better life; and man’s ability to overcome adversity– to rise above and succeed!! Hard work, perseverance, unswerving drive…..these are also part of the human condition and what made this melting pot work so well for 200 years.
  
  And think of all those folks that he provided a better life for when he “discovered” a new manufacturing process. There are indeed lessons to be learned from Hugo– in spite of his agenda.
  
  T.
  
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- TimPatriot
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:31pm
  PS Read the book instead of seeing a Hollywood perversion of a classic novel!
  
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- RedDawn2012
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:50am
  GhostOfJefferson, bon commentaire … merci!
  
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- paulsavage1
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:58pm
  I’ve seen the play and the movie. Suggest you go to the movie and see if it ‘ruins’ some good music. Take someone who hasn’t seen the play. It will be an enjoyable time.
  
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fancynancy
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 11:39pm
It may be wonderfully done and a strong Oscar contender but not paying mega$$$ to see a movie that leaves me emotionally wrung out.

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perry1980
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 9:41pm
what a bunch of liberal cry babies

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rosie1000
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:41pm
Walked out of Les Miserables…what a miserable excuse of a movie or even entertainment. They fractured the book, whored up the movie to tittilate the masses. Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway appeared to be doing a good job of acting but the movie had little to do with the book. And Russell Crowe needs to stick to gladiator roles, one stiff dude man!

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- Snidely
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:21am
  That was you? I was so envious when I saw you walk out. This isn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s definitely in the top bottom ten. I know it’s a musical, but do they have to sing EVERY word?
  
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Karron
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:25pm
Not at all interested in seeing this movie. Hate the book, didn’t bother to see the play, and think it is all a bunch of hooey to put something as horrific and bloody into a musical. That’s like trying to make the holocost romantic. gag.

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- txannie
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:40pm
  Agree.
  
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truthnstuff
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:11pm
I cried too when I saw another media hound put together another stupid video and some stupid news outlets gave it coverage.

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- sta
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:32pm
  Want a laugh? Google “les miserables review by Sam Richardson”. Some guy got dragged to see it and writes the BEST review on his FB page.
  
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Red Bubba
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:37pm
“about the French revolution” Good one Liz. HA HA
It was reasonably well done, but it should have ended about 20 seconds earlier. No reason to end it immortalizing the dimwits on the barricade instead of Jean Val Jean.

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- piper60
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:17pm
  I totally agree. It was tacked on because of how the live play ends. Really disappointed in it. The rest of the movie is quite good.
  
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- Melika
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:19pm
  You’re going to need to explain to Liz that “Les Mis” was only related to the French Revolution in that it took place years after it and lasted all of one night. But don’t worry, this stupid story and all the rest she posts will keep coming on this site, as she is in no danger or being fired.
  
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rafa2design
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:31pm
Go see The Hobbit instead. Much better 3 hr movie and you won’t have to leave in tears.

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salvawhoray
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:15pm
I refuse to go to the movies because I want these hollywood jackholes
lose their $hit.

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- BJC
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 9:28pm
  I couldn’t agree more. It makes me so angry that people sit here and bi t ch and moan about Hollyweird but spend their money to watch the idiots. I wouldn’t pi ss on them if they were on fire much less spend my money on a movie to watch them. People really don’t care, they just pretend too!!
  
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Arkansan by Choice
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:04pm
I cried too afetr I realized I WASTED $20.00 of my hard earned money just to see a classic destroyed by a bunch of Hollywood wannabees.

Seriously…over done and under performed. Leave the singing to the pro’s and the acting to those who cant sing!

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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:55pm
1. Not all tears are a bad thing.
2. Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman were outstanding in this film.
3. Russel Crowe cannot sing.

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MrSunshine
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:32pm
Must be a pretty bad movie!

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jungle J
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:51pm
The mentally ill are everywhere and raising children to boot.

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jp2feminist
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:46pm
Could be a delayed reaction to Obama’s re-election.

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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:03pm
  heh! :)
  
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BehindTheMouth
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:39pm
I cried too, that was because my wife dragged me into the theater by my nuts.

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- sta
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:35pm
  My heart goes out to you. If my husband dragged me, I would head to the bathroom, five minutes into it and sneak in to see “The Hobbit”.
  
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SREGN
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:37pm
Being miserable is a choice. Some people are heavily invested in being miserable.

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- Witness1974
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:29pm
  What a shallow, foolish thing to say. Only an emotional runt could say such a thing and be so callous as to deny the reality of genuine misery and suffering. I’ll bet your brain bounces around inside your head like a BB in a boxcar.
  
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- ChangeChomp
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:31pm
  I couldn’t agree more, apparently the majority of Americans love being miserable, after re-electing the liar-in-chief for another 4 years.
  
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American Capitalist
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:20pm
I cried too… but for an entirely different reason. Why did I spend my hard earned money on this garbage!!!
Seriously, I don’t know why everybody is so up in arms about this movie. I actually saw the stage presentation which was really good. This cinema version is bad, fair singing and some MAJOR over-acting.

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- K Chad Roberts
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:52pm
  The theater production was significantly more touching, but I definitely thought the movie was a worthy rendition.
  
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- Arkansan by Choice
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:05pm
  Exactly!
  
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Ragnars Repos
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:17pm
Download Commywood, don’t give them money.

It works out great: They vote us a tax hike, and help erode our freedom, and we download their movies. Perfetto!

You can’t steal from socialists, after all. What’s theirs is yours.

Theft goes both ways, comrades.

F’em!

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- OniKaze
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:14pm
  HAHA…. What a great argument… I love it.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:13pm
Perhaps psychotherapy and/or medication would help – they should be closely monitored by a trained professional.

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BurntHills
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:09pm
oh good, another ‘hilarious’ title. try’ ‘PATHETIC’ video of parents crying over the ‘acting’ in a Hollywood movie full of actors who hate and mock God-Fearing pro-Americans. ”

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BurntHills
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:06pm
not a single pro-America ‘actor’ in this Les Mis, so why spend a red American cent on the damn thing. if they want to CRY, they should watch that frickin miserable VILE comunist liar-in-chief, Congress or Senate live on CSPAN sometime.

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Eastinfection
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:02pm
Many people are more likely to cry watching movies than while attending funerals.
You watch dramatic movies HOPING to be affected emotionally. It’s part of what you’re paying for, and you allow it to happen.
Many folks attend funerals with their emotions compartmentalized and a determination to resist grieving publicly.
You don’t have to be “strong for others” at the movies but, funerals provoke the natural tendency among some to be the caregivers.. be there for others that need you. They often grieve later, privately.

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- WildschweinJager
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:32pm
  @EAST
  
  I want to cry every time I see a Cowboys game anymore. There has got to be a support group somewhere I join. Until then I will just drink it off.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:47pm
  lol WILD…
  
  at least your guys make it interesting.
  Mine (The Panthers) like to do their Cleveland Browns imitation for the first 1/2 of every season, be mathematically eliminated by Halloween, then turn into the freikin 86 Bears for the last 5 or 6 games- eliminating them from getting any of the top 6 or 7 draft picks.
  Our uniforms suck, too.
  
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- LouieKelcher74
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:39pm
  Try being a Charger fan :( The only thing worse is being a Padres fan also.. sigh
  
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- Jaimo
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 9:39pm
  Thank you. I cry at movies all the time. I will wait till it comes out on Netflix. I remember when my son was young we went to see the environmental wacko cartoon Ferngully. I cried at the end when the words “for our children and our children’s children” scrolled across the screen. Total lefty crap and I fell for it.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:52pm
I read the book sometime around 1969. That was enough for me.

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- biohazard23
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:27pm
  I saw it in a small venue in London’s West End several years ago. That was enough. I seriously doubt these Hollywood twits could do better than a live production.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:14pm
  BIOHAZARD, I feel for you for sitting through that then. Brings to mind a line in A Bridge Too Far, as Edward Fox portraying Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks is addressing senior staff of XXX Corps prior to departure. When referring to the stories they would tell their grandchildren. “And, mightily bored they will be too.”
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:34pm
  BIOHAZARD, LOL, it was on You Tube after all. Just not as a scene from the movie.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9t-jiFAlpk
  
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Cavallo
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:51pm
Pray your 15 minutes of fame isn’t something like this.

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- 4xeverything
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:17pm
  Aaaahhh, why not? It’s funny and people seriously need to laugh more.
  
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ResistSocialism
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:48pm
People actually still give those Hollywood socialists money?!

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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:56pm
  if it doesn’t get on cable i don’t ever watch………i don’t give them money
  
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