Rating: 
Summary: Best Movie In A Long Time!
Review: 'Moulin Rouge' is undescribable. It was so amazing, spectacular, and breathtaking. This movie was a like it or hate it. I loved it. The dancing, the story, Nicole, did I say Nicole? This was a masterpiece very well done!My Grade:
A+
Rating:
Summary: A perfect approach to the fight between Apollo and Dionisio
Review: There is no doubt for me about this statement: Moulin Rouge was the best movie of 2001. An orpheus-like story told with pop music and visual enlightment. I know many people didn't like it, but there is no question about this: this movie is spectacular, deep, emotional, ironic... it's an encyclopedic mix of genres and influences. Nicole Kidman gave a wonderful performance. I was surprised by the beautiful tone of her voice, almost liric. Ewan McGregor's voice is pretty acceptable as well, and his acting is spotless: his development from a naive eye-wide-opened youngster to a depressed, beard and isolated mature guy is outstanding. The comedy works just as well as the tragedy. The music is wonderful and the dance numbers are really great. All of this coming from a person who hates musicals... that's just how good this movie is. Go along with Christian in his way to conquer Satine's heart only to find out that the social conditions she has been living in for years are imposible to erase... the scars of the lies are in her very breath and the miserable conditions of her life (hidden behind sparkling dresses and oppresive corsés) have left a tragic fate. Christian, unaware of this, writes a play to turn the Moulin Rouge into a theater, a house of art... but to accomplish this he, Satine and Harold Zidler (Moulin Rouge's owner) must put everything in the Duke's hands. Then Satine must play the duke's heart, so the transformation of this place into an art temple can go on. How long can the affair between the writer and the performer stay in the shadows without the producer noticing? The fight between Apollo and Dioniosios and their rituals shown in a new way: the romance (as an artistic genre) is born after this fight in the which none of the previous ones survive. It's melancholic, yet spectacular... it's idealistic, yet quite mundane. In years people will hardly remember A beautiful Mind, but Moulin Rouge will become a classic.
A plus reason for having this movie is its perfect DVD release. I can say this is the BEST DVD I have. There are a lot of extras and phantom pills. There are music videos, outtakes, different versions of some scenes and multiple angles of the dance sequences, etc. And the look of the menus and the box is just beautiful. The truth is that this is also the best DVD release of 2001.
Rating: 
Summary: One star was the lowest I could go, I guess
Review: Horrible movie, worst I've ever seen (and I thought that would always be Prelude to a Kiss.) So weird, campy. Good acting?? I guess so, if you consider they didn't laugh themselves to death throughout this silly movie. The music choices made me cringe. The worst thing is, without all the pop music and "trying" to be funny, the actual STORY would've worked on it's own--it could've been good! My opinion, don't waste your time.
Rating:
Summary: LOVE
Review: It's used alot in this movie...and I, myself, am in love with this movie. The music, the singing, the dancing, the setting and story...all of it, it's perfect. Ewan McGregor is totally hot too. I suggest you buy this on DVD right now! ^_^
Rating:
Summary: Great! Simply a MUST HAVE!
Review: ...i must have seen it for about million times and i always want more! ahh, i still remember the time when i saw it in the theater... i enjoyed it So much and within a few days i purchased the soundtrack. I thought it was great, but now the movie. WOW! It's a LOT better! It's just... wow, i can't praise it enough. The production, costums, actors, music (oh, the music...) and the best of all... NICOLE! I LOVE HER in this movie so much it made me a fan!!! And the scene with Kylie as the green fairy? i put just it to hear her sings!!! What a delight... All in all, i think everyone who enjoyed it should buy this great movie, that won 3 oscars but should have won much more, not to mention the great bonus material... all you could possibly want is here in this 2 c.d set d.v.d. Just click 'Buy Now' now, and enjoy the magic!
Rating:
Summary: like nothing you will ever see
Review: This movie has it all comedy, romance, and good acting. The story is your typical love story(will the girl chose the rich guy that will give her everything or the poor guy that can only offer true love), but this typical story has a twist. All the people were way out there and all the actors played them well, but the thing that made this movie so great was the music and how it was used. Instead of using music written for the story they used songs we all know and put them together in whole new way. I mean what's better than a witty carnival man and a nerdy duke singing like a virgin
Rating:
Summary: MIND BLOWING
Review: One of the best films of all time!!! Just unbelieveable, moving, romantic, fun, suprising, uplifting, etc etc!! Ewan and Nicole are incredible, especially in the songs! This movie touched my heart and moved my soul. A MUST SEE!
Rating: 
Summary: Trying, but failing, to be a great movie
Review: This movie clearly was a high budget attempt to be artistically creative. Instead, it is a rather dull, failed attempt. Perhaps the best example of what makes this movie a poor one is the ridiculous plot device in which the singing and dancing Nicole Kidman has tuberculosis. The problem here is that she is on the verge of death - you find this out at the end - yet somehow, she is able to belt out tremendous musical numbers and dance in several sequences throughout the movie that would wear an average person out. Yet, as any numbskull knows, this would be rather impossible for someone who was on the verge of dying from tuberculosis. This is just one example of how Moulin Rouge attempts to be a great movie, but ultimately fails. If you like musicals then I would recommend that you rent this, as it has some interesting use of modern songs in a setting 100 years ago (although my heart broke when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was butchered at the opening). However, I would definitely not recommend buying this movie.
Rating:
Summary: More isn't better
Review: What's good about this movie:
Amazing sets and costumes
Nicole Kidman in a corset,
Some funny moments (esp."Like a Virgin).
A sustained sense of visual invention,
A few good performances,
The evocation(if somewhat hyperwrought) of Lautrec's Paris.
The illusion that Kidman and MacGregor can really sing.
Some arresting dance sequences. What's not good about this movie:
Maddenlingy fast editing in the first 30 minutes that make it absolutely impossible to focus on anything esp. the dance sequences.
An unbelievably trite and inept story; i.e. Kidman's character learns that she's dying and instead of going off to spend her final days with her lover, she tells him she doesn't love him and goes off with the Duke instead!?
The fact that modern studio technology cannot yet cover Kidman and MacGregor's glaring vocal flaws i.e. Kidman sings out of tune at times while MacGregor's high notes often sound forced and ugly.
The pervading sense of wretched excess-i.e. you feel sensorily assaulted at most times and instead of being stimulated, you ultimately just feel numb.
A disturbing aura of contrivance that pervades every production aspect. You feel that the director is trying to compensate the lack of real heart or originality with eye candy and overblown orchestrations.
MacGregor's accent that veers queasily between the US and Scotland.
One of the worst pieces of music ever to mar a closing credit sequence.
The inescapeable feeling that you just wasted two hours of your life to witness Baz Luhrmann's ego trip. Not really recommended.
Rating:
Summary: The BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!
Review: Words cant explain how good this movie is... It's the most amazing movie I've ever seen.. Nicole Kidman gives the preformance of a lifetime. She should have won the OSCAR! Actually Moulin Rouge should have won EVERY OSCAR.. No matter what catagory... Animated, it should have won... It's that good..
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