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Moulin Rouge! (DVD)

Member Name: garywilkes
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Moulin Rouge! (DVD)
Date: 15/09/01, updated on 15/09/01 (21 review reads)
Rating:
Advantages: Colourful costume, Refeshingly different, Varied music
Disadvantages: Monotonous in places, Slow start
What a strange film. Part of me liked its audacious style and the idea was certainly orginal. It was interesting to see modern day music set to a backdrop that you would normally associate with the can-can or the waltz. But whether it was entertaining or not is another matter.
Obviously I sat through the whole film or I wouldn't be writing this review but I must admint there were times when I wish I were somewhere else.
The film starts off quite slow but gradually gains momentum. It finished with a finale that is flushed with colour and the added romance only serves to add to this. At times the whole luvey-duvey thing got a bit tedious with numerous references to cliches about love making the world go round and love being all there is. But this is obviously a matter of opinion and an opinion that was too often repeated and lost its meaning by the film's conclusion.
Overall, an entertaining film nonetheless but not one I would particularly want to see again or recommend.
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