13. Les Miserables - Javert
The awkward moment when... you realise Russell Crowe can't sing and act at the same time. Les Miserables has, of course, received so much hype this awards season that you will assume everyone in its outstanding cast will be excellent. The awkward moment occurs when you realise this just is not the case; minutes into the film, you realise Russell Crowe cannot sing. To be fair, he is an actor not a singer and I'm sure I'd be a lot worse than him if I was told to get up and sing. It's the bad singing combined with his weird facial expression which lets his performance down however, it never changes! As the film goes on you begin to cringe and sometimes laugh at him because he looks like he has been startled by a fire alarm most of the time. Poor Russell Crowe did try his best and maybe if the other performances in Les Mis weren't so brilliant then perhaps no one would have noticed. However, the other performances were brilliant making Crowe's performance just plain awkward.