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Summary: TERRIBLE!
Review: This is not a movie! It's a musical! Guy or girl, This movie is TERRIBLE! I had to force myself to finish it! Doesn't get ANY WORSE then this!
Rating: 
Summary: SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR!!!
Review: I LOVE this movie! Ewan McGregor lights up the stage. And what a voice! It's one of his best movies. Any Ewan McGregor fan HAS to see this movie!
This movie was really wonderful. It made me laugh and cry. The first half is generally more happy and funny, while the second half is more dramatic and serious. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are so convincing that you really get into the story and feel for the characters, especially at the end. The music throughout the movie is also spectacular, even though it is not original. I never knew that Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman could sing so well. (Esp. Ewan McGregor)
In short, this movie was done fantastically. It kept me on the edge of my seat. When I saw it the first time, I thought that it was OK, but when I saw it a second and third time, I began to get it, and now I think that it is WONDERFUL!!!
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Summary: This film will stay with you forever
Review: Moulin Rouge is capable of catching the hearts of millions, as it has done, with it's bold and dynamic display of freedom, beauty, truth and love. Nobody can sit through all this film and in there mind not feel a different kind of excitement. A buzz through watching the deep emotion, heartbreakindly beautiful effection and plain funniness. Even if the viewer does not find this kind of extreme entertainment appealing, (they must be mad!)after being dragged through the huge range of emotion that is Moulin Rouge, they must feel something for this film forever.What really appeals to me is that the music is so perfectly placed in the film. It is placed in gracefully and purposely to carry you through happiness, sadness, contentness and compleness, unlike the crude Grease. You see, Moulin Rouge pocesses a certain serious but carefree attitude towards the storyline, which is much more than just boy meets girl, and yet I find the two being compared. Don't ever mistake Moulin Rouge for anything but what it is. A masterpiece. The masterpiece of our time. Although you will not find it hard to. And it is not just the music. The superb acting creates such a stong relasionship between the movie and the audience. You feel as of you've been plunged off the edge of your seat and are actually there, at the Moulin Rouge, being flown through Satine's and Christian's difficulties. I never wanted to be taken from that world and back to reality. But once you have seen this film you will never really be back to reality. Please give it a chance. And do not watch the first 10 minites of this film and decide for yourself what is to become. Although the storyline is predictable, expect nothing. And then one day when you find youself humming Come What May, you will see, nothing can take your heart away from this film.
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Summary: A Great Movie, if Not Original
Review: I loved this movie, but it wasn't very original. Even the "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love" phrase was borrowed from a song in an old movie I clicked by on A&E. It's fun to watch, but if you're looking for something original, buy something else not directed by Baz Luhrmann.
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Summary: A truly unique and modern musical romance
Review: If I could only own one DVD, this would be it! DVD seems to have been invented for Moulin Rouge-- capturing the precision of the dance choreography, the drama in the lyrics and finally giving the scene selection feature a useful purpose. If you love musical romance you'll likely love it. If you've never seen this unique film you may want to rent it before buying. Some viewers are unhappily surprised by the modern music and exaggerated operatic style of the film, which is evident from the very first scene. In my opinion they just need to watch it more. All the melodrama, strange characters, and surreal staging do come together when considered as a whole and the more times you watch it, the more you'll realize how perfectly. Not only is the music memorable but the story, a classic love triangle tragedy, holds up extraordinarily well. One can analyze the director's choices and characters' motives at length. Who is ultimately responsible for the love triangle Harold Ziddler or the lisping Duke? Which is better idealism or realism? Unlike most musicals films, Moulin Rouge covers many angles.
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Summary: Truly "Spectacular, Spectacular!"
Review: Two thumbs WAY up for this masterpiece of a movie. I love it i love it i love it. Nicole and Ewan are just awesome! i had no idea that they could sing soooo well. it's one of the most amazing movies i have ever seen. I recommend that everyone see it....but it is one of those movies that you either hate or love it. but whoever hates it is WEIRD!! the first time i saw this movie i completely sobbed. i just broke down and cried so hard. so don't say you haven't been warned---you WILL cry! no doubt about that!
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Summary: MASTERPIECE!!
Review: This was a movie that immediately jumped onto my favorites list. The love story that just mesmerized me. I watched it three times in a row after seeing it for the first time. Baz Luhrmanm is an incredible director. The camera work in this movie is amazing, the zoom in-and-out from the Eiffel Tower to the Moulin Rouge looks so cool. I love the fun feeling throughout the movie, of stolen songs, dancing in the clouds, fairies, the impromptu play, the dancing, singing, and the all around fun of the movie. Love stories are definitely not my favored genre, but this movie just changed all of my thoughts on movie plots. This movie includes wonderful song lyrics and vocals throughout the whole movie. You will love Ewan and Nicole's back-and-forth lyrics to each other. My favorite part is by far the part when Ewan is singing to her in the clouds. The surrealism and un-realistic quality of the scene offered me comedy and yet showed a serious love feeling to it. All of the characters in this movie are very comical, yet they can all have their bad sides. For instance, the strange yet wryly funny Duke, being able to go from completely calm, to furious, and a few seconds later back to calm. I can most definitely see why this was up for best picture. I think anybody could get to love this movie.
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Summary: Bohemian ethics rolled up into a messy but delightful movie!
Review: Anyone who's seen Nicole Kidman in a movie will say two things about her: She's beautiful and fairly talented. Anyone who's seen Nicole Kidman in two or more movies will say two things about her: She's beautiful and very talented. Because Kidman never plays the same character twice, each one is distinct as she proves yet again in this movie. In Moulin Rouge Kidman puts on a raunchy and sometimes delightfully ridiculous performance as Satine, a dancer in France's Moulin Rouge.
The story revolves around a young, artistic and (if you're asking me) incredibly handsome writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), who is hired to write the script for the play that will turn the infamous whorehouse into a theatre. Well, he - being obsessed with Bohemian ideals truth, beauty, freedom and love - falls madly in love with Satine, the featured showgirl.
But Satine, doing what she does for a living, is paid to make any man believe she is in love with him, but must genuinely fall in love with no one. Yet, after some persuading she does fall for the adorable writer and they commence to have a secret relationship. Which, must be kept even more secret after a rich duke who is paying for the expenses of the play says he won't give them the money they are relying on if Satine is not legally bound to him. However, it soon becomes clear that both men can lust as they might but Satine's fate will take a different turn, one that doesn't involve either of them.
The story, which starts off light, silly and very fictional soon becomes romantic, enthralling and ultimately tragic. The setting is perfect, representing freedom and opportunity for some characters but entrapment and desperation for others. Not only are the characters terrifically well done but the cast is magical. Along side Kidman and McGregor, John Leguizamo and Jim Broadbent star as the lisping Toulouse and owner of the Moulin Rouge, Harold Zidler.
And let's not forget the music! Although not original, favorites like Material Girl and Your Song are given magnificent new sounds in this new-age musical. Not to mention both of the stars can sing pretty well.
In my opinion this is simply one of the best movies of 2001, but I'm sadly aware that it is rather strange and hard for those with more traditional taste to enjoy. But I still feel that anyone who doesn't give Moulin Rouge a chance is missing out on a whimsical, diverse, yet heartbreaking and romantic movie experience.
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Summary: Exemplary modern musical
Review: A glorious spectacle of weirdness and banality, unrestrained creativity and artistry. Very modern, irreverent and yet devoid of cynicism. The plot and characters are simply drawn, but the presentation is out of this world--an explosion of color and sound, and a celebration of high and low culture. I think it is a wonderful film, in all senses of the word. Especially pleasing are the medleys and musical numbers featuring the vocal stylings of Nicole K. and Ewan M., who do very well without being too skilled or pretentious--simply expressive and emotionally potent. I also enjoyed the narcoleptic Argentinean's rendering of 'Roxanne' in a bawdy French manner. Many pleasant surprises. I have only seen the DVD version with limited extras (the green fairy accompaniment and Director's commentary), but as you see the current release has too many extras to mention, which should more than satisfy anyone interested in production details.
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Summary: Terrible, awful, horrendous, noisy and just plain BAD!
Review: I rented this last night without reading the back cover or reviews, being under the impression that it was a serious re-make of a classic movie.... ... I hated the constant, frantic flashing around of scenes... my eyes could hardly focus on a scene before the camera bounced off to another shot, usually totally different. And the frantic, loud, mostly flat music assaulted my ears as badly as the camera did my eyes. After 49 minutes (yes, I counted nearly every one of them) of hoping the movie would get better or at very least settle down, I finally turned it off with a huge sigh of disgust and said, "Welllll, it only cost a dollar." Wasn't even worth that. Just so you all know... I'm not a staid, fuddywuddy, as I generally like artsy-fartsy and art nouveau movies, but this wasn't artsy, or even arty... only frantic and noisy. I was in total disbelief that it was even considered for the Oscars, let alone nominated. I give this nose-wrinkling, eye-narrowing, frown-making, sour lemon of a movie a strong, hearty two thumbs DOWN!!... Of course... this is only MY opinion, haha.
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