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Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

byEwan McGregor
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Daniel Jolley
HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE
5.0 out of 5 starsA breathtakingly beautiful and unique love story
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2003
I absolutely love Moulin Rouge. I have never seen anything at all like this movie; it is nothing short of indescribable. Previews and descriptions offer only the smallest glimpse into the epic world of intense human emotion, amazing sets, and incredible music that is Moulin Rouge. The setting is Paris in 1900, where the Moulin Rouge is the place to be, a spectacularly unreal world wherein inhibitions are left at the door and beauty, truth, freedom, and love are pursued on an epic scale. Ewan McGregor plays Christian, a young, idealistic, penniless poet who has come to Paris to embrace the bohemian spirit flourishing there. He soon finds himself writing songs for a lavish production alongside a truly unforgettable cast of characters led by Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo). His new friends are awestruck by the lines and lyrics he comes up with, all of which are drawn from the pop culture of our own modern day. A shot of absinthe and a vision of the Green Fairy (played by the lovely Kylie Minogue) later, he finds himself inside Moulin Rouge. Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent) leads the way for one of the most lavish musical production numbers ever created on film, topped off by the appearance of Satine (Nicole Kidman) on a huge swing above the amazingly enthusiastic audience. Despite the odds, Christian and Satine fall in love, but they must keep their love hidden because the club's wealthy patron, The Duke (Richard Roxburgh), wants Satine for himself and is willing to make her the real actress she longs to be in return for her affections. I was rather surprised to discover such a deeply emotional tale at the heart of this movie; it is a beautiful but tragic love story that outshines even the incredibly lavish production numbers for which this film is most famous.
I love musicals, but I had come to doubt the ability of modern moviemakers to make one worth seeing. What director Baz Luhrmann has done is to actually reinvent the musical as audiences know it. It sounds strange to say that the music for a movie set in 1900 consists of modern pop, opera, hip-hop, and other songs of the late twentieth century, but it really works beautifully and draws the modern viewer more deeply into the world of "real artificiality" Luhrmann succeeded in creating. If you had asked my thoughts on having two guys who look like David Spade and Rip Taylor singing Madonna's Like a Virgin in a movie, I would have laughed you out the door, yet it actually works in Moulin Rouge. Each of the terrific songs included here does serve rather than detract from the story itself. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman do actually sing their own songs, it is important to note, and I was amazed to discover that Kidman's singing voice is as beautiful as she is herself. Dialogue alone could never manufacture the power unleashed by the music of Moulin Rouge, and the great tragedy of the story is made even more poignant by songs such as the haunting Come What May. Don't think this movie uses its garish production numbers as a means of hiding a weak story because the love story of Christian and Satine is nothing short of breathtaking, heartbreaking, and somehow wondrously beautiful all at the same time.
A terrific movie deserves a terrific DVD release, and Moulin Rouge features more extras than I could even watch all at once. When you watch the movie, you will marvel at the sets and costumes and wonder how on earth this movie was made. There are features on just about every aspect of the making of Moulin Rouge included on Disc Two. I love the commentaries and interviews, but what I really love are the uncut dance sequences. The dance numbers in this movie are just beautiful and beyond amazing, but they cannot be shown uncut in the film itself because things are happening story-wise at the same time and those scenes take precedence over the dances. Here, not only can you watch each of these musical production numbers in its completeness, you can even watch each one from multiple camera angles.
I know there are some people who dismiss this movie out of hand because it is a musical or because the hedonistic themes revealed in the movie previews give the impression of gaudiness over substance. This is not a musical in the traditional sense of the word, and the sets, while opulently lavish, are actually less stunning than the plot itself. This is a love story for the ages, sprinkled with comedy but dominated by the deepest of human emotions. Even though I was interested in this movie from the time it was released, I myself did not expect story itself to be as powerful and moving as it is. Moulin Rouge is, in almost every conceivable way, one of the best motion pictures I have ever seen.
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Milka
1.0 out of 5 starsAnd the star goes to.....
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2008
.....Nicole Kidman's hair extensions, which outperformed the
majority of this woefully inept cast.

Genius? High art? Spiritually infused with symbolism? Evidently
I needed to be drinking something stronger than I was when I
first viewed this film. Maybe there was a method behind the
film's references to absynthe after all.

Two things drive a good film: plot and character. When both
are developed properly and the right actors are chosen, movie
magic occurs. For me, this film had the potential to create
magic, but failed miserably due to a directorial lack of focus and
unbelievably poor casting. To be sure, the sets are grand and
the costumes visually stunning. However, the choppy editing,
sophomoric musical score and trite story line would have been far
more palatable--and forgivable--had it not been for the deplorable
acting.

Many reviews have cited Nicole Kidman as the "sexy" "erotic"
"passionate" centerpiece of the film. For me, this tall, skinny,
anemic woman with protruding gums and motionless facial
features had all the sex appeal of a wet noodle. When I think of
courtesans, I picture smouldering, voluptuous women whose
eroticism stems from a raw and steely core hardened by worldly
excess and exploitation. Women who are a bit rough around the edges.
Kidman and Luhrmann needed to take a page out of Jessica Rabbit's
book and watch Dr. Frank N. Furter come down the elevator shaft a few
times before fashioning Kidman's high class [...], who was too busy
looking "pretty" on a swing to truly afford the character any depth or soul.

Adding to Satine's lack of proper characterization is Kidman's lousy
acting. Her performance first begins to completely unravel during the
"Rhythm of the Night" scene, in which she awkwardly chirps, trills, and
trapses around the club shaking her ostrich feathers in the face of the
lead. It's hard to determine just who she's channeling here, but it appears
to be a combination of Carmen Miranda, Gloria Estefan, and Lucille Ball
on crack. The film unravels further as she rolls around on the floor in some
fake, cheesy, orgasmic trance as Ewan McGregor recites cliched lines from
"Your Song," which supposedly send her into some freakish sexual frenzy.
(At this point in the film her accent is quasi-American but will morph into
something like British later in the film).

Continuing scenes are intermittantly punctuated by a lot of fake hacking and
coughing and breaking out into song, which showcases a weak voice by traditional
blockbuster musical standards. (In other words, your not gonna get the goose
bumps that break out when you hear Jennifer Hudson sing.) After a few extremely
contrived crying scenes at the end of the film (one of which must have relied on
glycerine and amonia), Kidman pulls out a dying scene so ridiculous and prolonged
that I thought the protagonist was going to die before she did (there's a cinematic
opportunity that was missed!). The only dying scene that rivals the cheesiness of
Kidman's death in Moulin Rouge! is Sophia Coppola dying in Godfather III. Folks,
it's that bad.

Ewan McGregor as the lovestruck poet is not entirely terrible, but he's
not spectacular either. Throughout the film, the young man in the monkey
suit attempts to win the affections of Kidman's holy [...] (archetypes,
people, archetypes) with trite endearments such as.....breaking into song.
His vocal talents are a bit stronger than Kidman's, although the delivery is
somewhat flat. While I truly do feel his anguish at the end of the film when
Satine chokes out her last breath, I do not witness the incredible chemistry
between the two actors so many others do. For example, at the crescendo of
the "Elephant Medley" when the two are facing each other in the entrance to
the, umm, "Elephant Room," their hands are at their sides while they're singing!
At a moment when both lovers needed to passionately embrace at the
completion of a very important medley that tells their "STORY," the actors
were too busy concentrating on hitting the high notes of the songs to stay
completely in character. Knitpicky, you say? For me, this obvious oversight
epitomizes the lack of passion and chemistry between the two throughout the
film. They do not, by any means, raise the room temperature with their sizzle.

As for John Leguizamo's midget artist with a speech impediment,
I found the performance goofy and embarrassing. All anyone can
do is pray that his "To Wong Foo" days are not completely over and
that he hasn't completely degenerated to just a second rate supporting
goon in high budget disasters like this one.

For those of you still on the fence about seeing this movie, I heartily
recommend you do. A film that invites this much discussion and
passionate debate is worth seeing, if for no other reason than to
become part of the ongoing dialogue. Is this film phenomenal? Hardly.
Did it deserve an Oscar? Please. Do the lead actors do the story, sets
and costumes justice? No. Did it convince many members of film-going
audiences over the last seven years that all they need is love? Allegedly.
And while it is my contention that other films have done a far better job
of packaging and selling the "love" construction, Moulin Rouge! retains a
heavily-contested yet no less viable place in the ongoing conversation
of how it should appear on screen.
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Daniel Jolley
HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE
5.0 out of 5 stars A breathtakingly beautiful and unique love story
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2003
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I absolutely love Moulin Rouge. I have never seen anything at all like this movie; it is nothing short of indescribable. Previews and descriptions offer only the smallest glimpse into the epic world of intense human emotion, amazing sets, and incredible music that is Moulin Rouge. The setting is Paris in 1900, where the Moulin Rouge is the place to be, a spectacularly unreal world wherein inhibitions are left at the door and beauty, truth, freedom, and love are pursued on an epic scale. Ewan McGregor plays Christian, a young, idealistic, penniless poet who has come to Paris to embrace the bohemian spirit flourishing there. He soon finds himself writing songs for a lavish production alongside a truly unforgettable cast of characters led by Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo). His new friends are awestruck by the lines and lyrics he comes up with, all of which are drawn from the pop culture of our own modern day. A shot of absinthe and a vision of the Green Fairy (played by the lovely Kylie Minogue) later, he finds himself inside Moulin Rouge. Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent) leads the way for one of the most lavish musical production numbers ever created on film, topped off by the appearance of Satine (Nicole Kidman) on a huge swing above the amazingly enthusiastic audience. Despite the odds, Christian and Satine fall in love, but they must keep their love hidden because the club's wealthy patron, The Duke (Richard Roxburgh), wants Satine for himself and is willing to make her the real actress she longs to be in return for her affections. I was rather surprised to discover such a deeply emotional tale at the heart of this movie; it is a beautiful but tragic love story that outshines even the incredibly lavish production numbers for which this film is most famous.
I love musicals, but I had come to doubt the ability of modern moviemakers to make one worth seeing. What director Baz Luhrmann has done is to actually reinvent the musical as audiences know it. It sounds strange to say that the music for a movie set in 1900 consists of modern pop, opera, hip-hop, and other songs of the late twentieth century, but it really works beautifully and draws the modern viewer more deeply into the world of "real artificiality" Luhrmann succeeded in creating. If you had asked my thoughts on having two guys who look like David Spade and Rip Taylor singing Madonna's Like a Virgin in a movie, I would have laughed you out the door, yet it actually works in Moulin Rouge. Each of the terrific songs included here does serve rather than detract from the story itself. Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman do actually sing their own songs, it is important to note, and I was amazed to discover that Kidman's singing voice is as beautiful as she is herself. Dialogue alone could never manufacture the power unleashed by the music of Moulin Rouge, and the great tragedy of the story is made even more poignant by songs such as the haunting Come What May. Don't think this movie uses its garish production numbers as a means of hiding a weak story because the love story of Christian and Satine is nothing short of breathtaking, heartbreaking, and somehow wondrously beautiful all at the same time.
A terrific movie deserves a terrific DVD release, and Moulin Rouge features more extras than I could even watch all at once. When you watch the movie, you will marvel at the sets and costumes and wonder how on earth this movie was made. There are features on just about every aspect of the making of Moulin Rouge included on Disc Two. I love the commentaries and interviews, but what I really love are the uncut dance sequences. The dance numbers in this movie are just beautiful and beyond amazing, but they cannot be shown uncut in the film itself because things are happening story-wise at the same time and those scenes take precedence over the dances. Here, not only can you watch each of these musical production numbers in its completeness, you can even watch each one from multiple camera angles.
I know there are some people who dismiss this movie out of hand because it is a musical or because the hedonistic themes revealed in the movie previews give the impression of gaudiness over substance. This is not a musical in the traditional sense of the word, and the sets, while opulently lavish, are actually less stunning than the plot itself. This is a love story for the ages, sprinkled with comedy but dominated by the deepest of human emotions. Even though I was interested in this movie from the time it was released, I myself did not expect story itself to be as powerful and moving as it is. Moulin Rouge is, in almost every conceivable way, one of the best motion pictures I have ever seen.
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Therese Brennan-Hartlieb
5.0 out of 5 stars Best movie ever
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2023
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You should watch this if you haven’t yet.
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Mallorie Anastasi
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
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This has been my favorite movie since I was young. I can recite it by word. If you like musicals, tragic love stories, and a ton of sparkle/dazzle...this movie is for you!
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4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite movies! Hate it’s not included in prime
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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Love it! Now I own it to watch any time I’d like. Only disappointment is that there’s not enough included prime videos. Something as old as this, you’d think would be free. This the 4 stars. As far as the movie -terrific!
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Amy Black
5.0 out of 5 stars ♥️♥️
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
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Wonderful story, pretty to watch
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Greg
5.0 out of 5 stars must see
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023
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must see movie , awesome, pay it loud
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Beatriz R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023
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Nice film
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Jamie Barton
4.0 out of 5 stars Cover shown in Amazon thumbnail is not the cover you will receive
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
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This has nothing to do with the movie because I love it. I’m mildly annoyed about the cover on the dvd. The only reason I bought this from this seller was because of the cover shown in the thumbnail photo. I wanted that dvd cover because I like it best. Instead I got the cover I took this picture of. If I had known that wasn’t what I was getting what the seller pictured I would’ve bought it from anyone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cover shown in Amazon thumbnail is not the cover you will receive
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
This has nothing to do with the movie because I love it. I’m mildly annoyed about the cover on the dvd. The only reason I bought this from this seller was because of the cover shown in the thumbnail photo. I wanted that dvd cover because I like it best. Instead I got the cover I took this picture of. If I had known that wasn’t what I was getting what the seller pictured I would’ve bought it from anyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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It is a fun movie. I watched it as I saw the play in NYC, and had to compare. Not good for children.
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Lady Jain
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie and music
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023
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Moulin rouge is one of my favorite movies. Nicole Kidman sings beautifully and her acting is top notch. Ewen McGregor is, to me, the perfect costar.
He also has an amazing voice.
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