by - written on 07/09/01, updated on 07/09/01 (Very useful, 50 readings)
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I had the misfortune of winning two preview tickets to 'Moulin Rouge'. Having suffered over two hours of complete claptrap I really thought I was going to either have a complete nervous breakdown, or go mad and massacre the people in front who seemed to be enjoying it so much with my overpriced Cornetto. So why is it so ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/09/01, updated on 04/09/01
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I am sorry to be among the few not liking this film, as I think the concept is absolutely terrific; this is a type of movie I am very disposed to like, and there certainly was a great deal of fantastic images going on in this film, all of which have been duly commented upon elsewhere. But the film has no soul, no heart, no ... Read the complete review
by - written on 03/09/01, updated on 03/09/01 (Useful, 71 readings)
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The genre of the movie musical is dragged kickin', screaming - and, yes, can-can dancing - into the 21st century with this 2001update of an oft-told story by Buz Lahermann of Romeo & Juliet (the DiCaprio one) fame. Should it work? No. It doesn't have any of the main ingredients of recent movie hits: there are no guns, ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/08/01, updated on 08/12/04 (Very useful, 52 readings)
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This is a MUST SEE!!! I saw this film thanks to some free tickets I acquired off the internet (see my review on www.freeukstuff.net), and it was most definitely the best film I have seen this year. I'm not going to spoil the story for those who have not been fortunate enough to see a preview yet, but hopefully ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/08/01, updated on 03/09/01 (Very useful, 234 readings)
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“Moulin Rouge” is the latest from Baz Luhrmann, responsible for the high-camp “Strictly Ballroom”, which I really enjoyed and “William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet”, which I have so far been unable to sit through. The box-office success of the latter landed Baz a budget of over $50m and ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/08/01, updated on 29/08/01 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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If you read the title of my opinion then that is the only explanation I can come up with for how this film came about in the writer/director's mind. Moulin Rouge was always going to be something different right for the first viewings of the trailers. The film is based around a flamboyant Paris nightclub called the Moulin ... Read the complete review
by - written on 26/08/01, updated on 10/02/04
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Moulin Rouge either insenses you or reawakens your senses. Some have raved about about the modern musical, other have walked out half way through it. But a year after the hype, does the film stand up on video? COULD HAVE GONE WRONG: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS? =========================================== On the face of ... Read the complete review
This Can-Can entertain (898 words)by - written on 26/08/01, updated on 27/08/01 (Very useful, 732 readings)
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What do Toulouse Lautrec, Julie Andrews and Ozzy Osborne have in common? Bizarre as it may seem, they all play a part in Baz Luhrmann's latest film. A wonderful film it is too, the perfect antidote to some of the more serious foreign-language films I have been privvy to over the past couple of weeks (incidently, under no ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/08/01, updated on 25/08/01 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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To say that Moulin Rouge is a feast for the eyes and ears would be a massive understatement. The third film from the director of Strictly Ballroom and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the unique Baz Luhrmann, this is an astounding piece of cinematic magic. The film follows Christian (Ewan McGregor, proving there's life ... Read the complete review
by - written on 23/08/01, updated on 23/08/01 (Very useful, 339 readings)
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Moulin Rouge opened to good reviews in America a few months ago so I was looking forward to seeing this musical/romatic movie last night at an advanced preview. Moulin Rouge is not out in the UK for a couple of weeks so I thought I would share with you what the film is like. Moulin Rouge is directed by Baz Luhrmann and brings to ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/08/01, updated on 04/08/01 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Moulin Rouge - I saw the film before UK release in Adelaide back in June. I wasn't sure what to expect - the Voulez Vous Couchez music video looked a bit raunchy so I had it in my head there would be lots of sex scenes - you know what imagination is! Nicole Kidman plays the leading lady - a courtesan/singer in a nightclub ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/07/01, updated on 10/09/01 (Useful, 23 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review
by - written on 24/07/01, updated on 24/07/01 (Very useful, 42 readings)
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I hated this movie. Trying to sum up quickly what I didn't like isn't going to be easy. Let's start with the plot: I've seen Shakespeare in Love, so why watch an almost identical story about unrequitable love in the theatre? Especially one as predictable as this. The Editing: Fast and messy, with ... Read the complete review
