Musicial of the Year (Moulin Rouge! (DVD))

Name: Chris-Duncan

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Product:	Moulin Rouge! (DVD)
Date:	29/07/01 (23 review reads)
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Advantages: Style, Flair, More Style

Disadvantages: You're as likely to hate it as love it, Roxborogh makes a poor villian

This, I think is the movie I have liked most all year. The exact reason I find hard to put into words, it simply seems to me to have that certain extra something that makes a movie work.

The plot, such as it is, revolves around the eternel triangle and the question of love over money.

McGregor as pennyless poet Christian falls for Kidman (Satine the courtesan) who is promised by Broadbent (Zidler proprietor of the Moulin Rouge) to Richard Roxburgh (Duke of Worcester). Will love conker all or will money win out in the end.

The story really is fairly incidental to the movie for this is an example of style and over-the-top spectacle rather than gripping storyline, for that this certainly is not.

Throughout the whole movie the sequences link together the true stars which are the songs. My personal fav was 'Your Song' but that may have more than a hint of personnal bias as I am a bit of an Elton fan. The version of Roxanne is also top notch and very different.

The acting although not exactly top notch (excluding Kidman who was fab) was more than up to the task with the notable exception of Roxburgh who was cardboard personified. Broadbent also deserves a special mention haming it up as totally over the top Zidler, a real laugh a minute, his rendition of 'Like a Virgin' almost had the audiance rolling in the isles (not literally I might add), Madonna however would be turning in her grave (if she was dead that is)

Seeing a lot of movies and working in cinema I pride myself on being a fairly good judge of film. Therefore despite by own personal liking of the film I have to say that while a lot of people will love it, just as many will hate it and there will be few people in the middle. Love it or hate it as you will but except it's also daring in its vision and wildly original, perhaps this is that certain something I could not put my finger at the start of this opinion.

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