Review 1:
"...One of the few films that has the durability and emotional texture of a great 19th-Century novel. As a piece of romantic/dramatic cinema, its peers are few, its superiors quite simply nonexistent..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F1 01/16/1992
Review 2:
"...One of the glories of cinema....The film celebrates freedom of spirit with passion..."
Source: Total Film
p.109 12/01/2000
Review 3:
"...The film is both epic in scope and intimate in focus....The lead actors are superb..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.69 11/01/2000
Review 4:
"...It's paradise to see the film's famed Boulevard of Crime -- 1840s Paris as street carnival -- rendered with revived sparkle after its negative's 57-year workout..."
Source: USA Today
p.14D 01/25/2002