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Moulin Rouge! (2001) Rank 2 Reviews
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eye WEEKLY (Catharine Tunnacliffe)
homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
The movie has so much heart that the poor overworked organ explodes in every scene. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Simultaneously stirring and dispiriting. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Diverting, energetic, and even reasonably satisfying, so long as you aren't looking for a real musical to take its place. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Thrilling, glitzy, audacious, daring, silly, spectacular, excessive, dazzling, dizzying, sensational, decadent, respectful, rude, electrifying, stupefying. Take your pick. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
It's like being trapped inside a fever dream of Oscar-night production numbers. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Film Threat (--)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
I left Moulin Rouge feeling something, all right: I felt mauled. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Consistently runs the danger of substituting cool but ultra-hyper, modern special effects for boring old human sentiment. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Francesco Puglisi)
El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Boxoffice Magazine
Film Monthly (E.T. Robbins)
This film is not for everyone. Those who squash their dreams, smother their desires, and are left leading ordinary lives without the fire or passion for another person, a piece of art, or a fundamental belief - those are the ones who will not appreciate ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Film Monthly (E.T. Robbins)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
While I found Luhrmann's camera trickery to be distracting, exhausting, and sometimes obtrusive, it was never boring. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
It’s like watching a hyperactive kid on a sugar high; after a while, you just want to send it to bed. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
A vociferously overblown spectacle that unites a classical musical form with Luhrmann’s obsessive pop culture pilfering and whirligig stylistic pastiche. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Most of the potential emotional impact is subverted by the impossible and unstoppable flurry of images. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Visually stunning, but substantively the film is vacuous and lame. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
The breakneck edits, freakish costumes, eccentric sets and matte effects come across like Fellini orchestrating a rave party. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
Parent Previews
Truth, beauty, freedom, and love: these were the ideals of the Bohemian revolution (a prequel to the Hippie Era) that began at the end of the 1800's. Fleeing the constraints of a moral society, adventurous or disgraced ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Parent Previews
Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
To say that
it's been a rough year for Nicole Kidman would be the
understatement of the Millennium! Between the breakup of her marriage
to one
of the biggest stars in Hollywood, reports of an ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
DigitalVD.de (Eric Hoch)
Cinema 2000 (Eurico de Barros, João Lopes; Vasco Câmara)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Never boring, often excruciating and occasionally transcendent. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Drowns in baroque mise en scène camp, frenetic musical numbers and a precious dialogue conceit that wears out its welcome very fast. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
It feels like heresy to wince at [Luhrman's] movie's frequent tumbles into pedestrian vulgarity. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
ShowBIZ Data (--)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
A voracious vacuum cleaner of a movie --hoovering up a hundred years' worth of junk with the same monotonously unmodulated hum. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
USA TODAY
May be a spectacularly awful movie, but it's also spectacularly drenched in color, décor and other visual oh-la-la. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at USA TODAY
Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
Artistry in films can often be a B.S. trait. What does it mean to direct a film?
If a film can be directed, it can also be misdirected. Case in point: the
ill-conceived bastard child of pop culture, "Moulin Rogue!" Yes, the
official title ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)
Artistry in films can often be a B.S. trait. What does it mean to direct a film?
If a film can be directed, it can also be misdirected. Case in point: the
ill-conceived bastard child of pop culture, "Moulin Rogue!" Yes, the
official title ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Natural Born Viewers (James Chappell)
Natural Born Viewers (Gabe Toro)
Artistry in films can often be a B.S. trait. What does it mean to direct a film?
If a film can be directed, it can also be misdirected. Case in point: the
ill-conceived bastard child of pop culture, "Moulin Rogue!" Yes, the
official title ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Natural Born Viewers (Gabe Toro)
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