Moulin Rouge! (DVD) Reviews

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! is the story of Satine and Christian, a would-be-actress courtesan and an aspiring, penniless writer respectively. It is a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a musical, a farce, a fairy tale and a feast for the eyes and ears. It is, in a word, WONDERFUL. The Story ========= Christian (Ewan ...

I first went to see this film in the summer holidays. I had got some free tickets from the internet to see a preview. I wasn't quite sure of what to expect because all I had seen was the Christina Agg etc version of Lady Marmalade on MTV and I was a little apprehensive of how much the video of the song would reflect the movie. When I did ...

Nicole Kidman - the Movie Star that has been thrust upon us - finally earns her Hollywood title and our respect in director Baz Luhrmann's brilliant, evocative, visually stunning, passionate, and highly alluring opera-for-our-times. MOULIN ROUGE is a turning point for cinema. This is the most important film I will see in the next five years. ...

WOW, WOW, WOW! Is all I could say when I came out of the cinema! It is probably one of the best films I have seen in a long time. I am writing this whilst listening to the soundtrack, which is almost definitely the best soundtrack, apart from 'The Sound of Music', which brings me onto the film. The first 5-10 minutes was the ...

Do you want to see a film, with musical taste, magnificent dance routines, flirtating ladies in dresses, ‘Can Can girls’, as well as Love and romance drifting heavily in the air. Moulin Rouge is the film to see. Here is a Film at its best! Nicole Kidman, I mean come on. Her singing dancing and everything else she did made ...

Remember Sunscreen? That seemingly weird but wonderful song, a hit a couple of years ago? Well, if that memory has hit you well, just look at what the man has in store for us now... The man, Baz Luhrmann, is nothing short of an artistic genius, for no one else could conceive such a spectacularly extravagant and wild vision and actually ...

This is a curious film, which promises a lot, but just falls short of being the emotional and musical extravaganza it would like to be remembered as. The idea is an excellent one – tell the story of a young Scotsman, lured to the fleshpits of Montmartre by the ideals of a bohemian existence, douse him liberally in absinthe and fill the ...

Usually I try to straight away take a movie and stick it in a genre with the appropriate audience. I attribute this to my education in film (Film Degree.) But Moulin Rouge is that rare film that crosses into multiple catagories. Firstly, it could be considered a star vehicle. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor and John Leguizamo, to name ...

I went to see Moulin Rouge a few days ago now but if you have not seen it and do not want to know what happens then please do not read on! This film is a love story being told in a continuous circle. Christian (Owen McGregor) is telling his own story of how he moved to Paris and met Satine ( ) who was the star of the ...

"Because you can can can," shouts Geoffrey the mad mohican giraffe as he hurtles around the house, mini disc player in one hand, headphones on and in his delicate little ears. "Because you can can can can can can". Up go his legs (little by giraffe standards) in that famous can-can motion. Oh yes, Geoffrey has a favourite ...

Visual extravaganza. That is where the film excels. From the opening scene the bohemian sumptuousness is asserted with a vengeance, excess is the keyword, and I for one doubt if the real Moulin Rouge was ever quite so opulent. That is far from the point however. The film mixes music, dance, and an epic tale of love to result in a movie that is ...

One of the most perilous things about having a few days off is how to fill your day. If you are not careful you can get suckered into doing peoples' Christmas shopping or even worse consider cleaning your flat. So this week I did my usual and hung about the multiplex like the sad loner I am. I first went to see 'A shot at glory' which ...

Going to see Moulin Rouge was a quick decision only made because there was nothing left to see! Although I really wanted to see it, my boyfriend wasn't so keen (huh!). Watching the film was probably one of the greatest moments of my life. It sounds dead corny I know, but it's true. From beginning to end I was ...

Moulin Rouge has to be one of the most original and moving films I've ever seen. The reason I went to see it was because American Pie 2 was sold out, pretty gutted, we settled for Moulin Rouge -highly acclaimed, but, as a musical, not really my scene. Directed by Baz Luhrman; Moulin Rouge tells the story of a young English man ...

Spectacular to the point where you can't take everything in on one viewing, Luhrmann's step up from Romeo And Juliet is a restless riot of colour, music and wild emotion, hailing "truth, beauty, freedom and love". His operatic roots show, as does his taste for manic MTV culture. If this frothy whirlpool obscures a slight story ...

I am a self-confessed musicals fanatic. My favourite films of all time are Singing In The Rain and The King And I. Moulin Rouge however, will not be joining the list. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor are both fantastic actors and they have really shown themselves up in this film. Both can sing very well ...

Wow - where can I start about this film! Right from the opening titles (including the little man conducing right at the beginning!) through to the credits I was completely spellbound. Having watched Romeo and Juliet I was looking forward to another visual feast of entertainment from Moulin Rouge! and I was not disappointed. ...

Moulin Rouge took me by surprise. An old-fashioned musical full of surrealism and downright stupidity. Not my cup of tea - or so I thought! I found Moulin Rouge so bizarre and compelling that I wanted to watch it again. I think it has something to offer everyone. It pleases you and offends you at the same time. And you will struggle ...

The story in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (and you leave the exclamation mark out at your peril) is Camille, the Dumas story that forms the basis of La Traviata and has been reworked numerous times. Luhrmann and co-writer Craig Pearce's take on the story is as distinctive as their 1996 Romeo and Juliet which starred Leonardo di Caprio. ...

This film is absolutely brilliant. It makes such a change going to the cinema to see a film which you just don't see everyday. Musicals were all in around the time of Mary Poppins, the Sound of Music etc. but from then up until now we haven't seen as good a film, in its standard for being directed right though to the superb acting. At ...