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Summary: OUTRAGEOUS
Review: Baz Lurmann has crafted an intoxicating mess from musicals, movies, pop songs, and romances each of us know by heart. His movie jumps off the screen, and is unlike any other movie I have ever seen. No matter how you respond to the truly dizzying camera work, the off-kilter, obvious sets, and the often painfully obvious love story, you cannot deny the spectacular artistic vision of the creator. To boot, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor are enchanting, and they invest 100% into their crossed-lovers roles; they sing (well!) and they look ravishing. The jaw-dropping arrangements of such familiar pop fare as Your Song, Roxanne, Up Where We Belong, and many, many others, is somehow simultaneously hilarious and entirely appropriate in this anachronistic, created world that has nothing to do with Paris in 1900. More an over-the-top music video in style and substance than a feature length film, this movie nevertheless does revive the musical film -- the music and the chemistry of the stars draw you in at every turn. And the tributes paid to the pop poetry of Elton John and many others makes the words and music glow with a new light. Baz's hat is tipped often to such enduring classics as The Sound Of Music and La Boheme; the choreography and sheer dazzle are often overhwhelming and so glittery and crazily shot that they give you the sensation of being on a rollercoaster that is turning upside down. To the movie's credit, it is hard to shake the dark, swirling camera from your head once you have been to this Moulin Rouge.
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Summary: A Unique Cinematic Experience!
Review: Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl.That's basically the plotline of "Moulin Rouge" in a nutshell, but the way Baz Luhrmann interprets this story on screen has to be seen to be believed. Lots of lavish color, movement, sights and sounds explode on the screen like a Toulouse Lautrec painting on acid. Baz has captured all the excitement and decadence of 1800s Paris, given it a modern twist and reinvented the classic movie musicals of days gone by. And the result? A truly unique cinematic experience that will be talked about for years to come! The first frenetic 30 minutes will have you clutching your seat and gasping for breath. It's like a white-knuckle ride at your favorite theme park - it's almost too much to take. But what a ride! "Moulin Rouge" is a movie to be viewed more than once....if only to take in what you missed the first time. You'll either love or loathe it. But if you choose the latter, quickly take your pulse and check that you're still in the land of the living!
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Summary: Spectacular Spectacular!!
Review: Romeo and Juliet, eat ya heart out!! Absolutely Brillant. A true Love story that will captivate your heart and leave yourself singing away all day long!!
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Summary: Ultimate Eye Candy
Review: This is a beautiful film in every sense of the word. Powerful comedy and drama meet in a world of psychadelic sets and music. It's the ultimate postmodern movie, combining songs and references from throughout the entire 20th century. Mr. Luhrman is a genius, though he could have easily cut 1/2 hour from the end. Overall, though, the film is a masterpiece. At one point I cried for the sheer fact that there was such an incredible amount of beauty on the screen. This movie will fill all of your senses.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This film/musical is a must see! It is visually incredible..I was literally trembling when I left the theater (I have just seen it in New York). It has great romance, drama, comedy and fantastic music! See it with an open mind...modern music in a "period" movie may be a bit anachronistic, but this movie grabs you and goes beyond. It was thoroughly enjoyable, unique, and fun!
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Summary: The Musical Acid-Trip Called Moulin Rouge
Review: Moulin Rouge is the type of movie you may need to see more than once. It's not that it's a complicated story - in fact, it's so wispy as to almost be blown away by the rush (and I do mean rush) of visual spectacles. By the time the shock of the lightning-paced blur wears off, the movie is half over -- and by then it starts to slow down its visually madcap pace. No kidding, I can picture people wanting to go to this movie in an altered state -- the way my dorm pals did at midnight screenings when I was in college. The swirling, almost non-stop visual kaleidoscope starts almost at minute one and doesn't let up for a full hour. Really, most of the movie dances by in a blur. While many in the audience chuckled in recognition of the familiar (mostly) pop tunes, the songs were expertly arranged, orchestrated and staged. Ewan McGregor really shines -- and can really sing! Jim Broadbent, a terrific English character actor, is unbelievable (sort of a new-millenium PT Barnum perhaps?). He has one number in particular... but I wouldn't want to spoil it for you. (Let's just say that I'll never think about a certain Madonna song in the same way again.) I'm not exactly sure what Baz Luhrmann was thinking while directing John Leguizamo as Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (maybe by way of The Time Bandits and Monty Python?) but I'm not exactly sure it matters. Nicole Kidman has a perfectly OK, if thin, voice that I'm sure was majorly boosted in post production (and/or the recording studio) but she's not bad -- she just technically doesn't have a lot to work with. If you've seen and liked Strictly Ballroom, just think of the version Baz might have created on acid -- and you still won't come close to the audio and visual roller-coaster that is Moulin Rouge. You may love it. You may hate it. But you should certainly dance off and see it.
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Summary: What a trip
Review: An incredible, immersive, mind blowing trip with killer music and Nicole Kidman to boot.
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Summary: It's All About Love At The Moulin Rouge
Review: Christian (McGregor) enters a world where dreams become true! A world of corruption and above all, Love! That world is in Paris and it's called "The Moulin Rouge". As Christian enters this world he meets the woman of all men's dreams. Satine (Kidman) is a beautyful, spectacular Showgirl at the Moulin Rouge. He can't resist her and falls deadly in love with that precious "Diamond". As the owner of the Moulin Rouge whants to buy Satine for him self he's ready to do everything to own her! He would even kill Christian to get his "Sparkling Diamond". As it seems as Satine would have no choice Christian tries to win her love back with all his power! A great Picture about Love, Truth, Freedom and Beauty at the Moulin Rouge! With a great Soundtrack and a spectacular Editing! Kidman is indead a "Sparkling Diamond"! The most romantic and best Movie of this year! "Come and get me Boys!"
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Summary: Spectacular!
Review: I would say you'll either love this movie or hate it. But I think it's quite good! I think I fell in love with the music first! The music is AWESOME! There's just the right amount of humour and a sad but beautiful love story in this movie. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are wonderful (with the acting AND the singing!)! I would recommend getting this movie from the library or borrowing it from a friend before buying it though.
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Summary: Come what may...indeed...
Review: Frankly, the first reaction for this movie is, musical...cheezy! I have to admit, it is hard to look for a really good musical nowadays, or at least up average would be fine for me. Then, I heard Nicole Kidman is going to star on this musical, so I firgured, what the heck, let's gie it a shot. Since she just had her divorce and such. I must say, I have had put my foot in my mouth for this. The movie was splendid. Despite her personal mishaps, Nicole has proven to be one of the best. She sings, with Ewan Mcgregor as her co-star and they have their work ut out for them. This is a story of a poor writer (Ewan) in strive of getting his unobtainable object of desire (Nicole), who happens to be the main star of this circus theater show in Paris. They succumb into some sort of Forbiddened Love and they tried anything to be and stay together but fate have other plans for them. Nicole has to help her friend and boss from going bankcrupt and with that, she has to attend to this other rich guy, who owns the deed to the place. Help in the sense of be her compainion. Meanwhile, to cover up their affair, the Ewan has manage to create a play, due to mistaken liason earlier in the movie; therefore giving them the room to be together at least somewhere along the line. I must add one thing. The rich man gets what he wants, and if he can't have what he wants...nobody else will either. An applause for this one.
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