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Moulin Rouge! (2001) Rank 4 Reviews
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Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
I know this movie isn't for everybody; take it the wrong way, and it could feel like a noisy, headache-inducing acid trip. No doubt there will be those who feel that way about it after seeing it. I wasn't one of them. I had a great time. I did have an ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Daily-Reviews.com (Thomas Michael Goff)
If you'll pardon the cliché, Moulin Rouge may be the "love it or hate it" movie of 2001. Indeed, many will hate this film. I, for one, loved the hell out of it. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Daily-Reviews.com (Thomas Michael Goff)
UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
FilmHead.com (Matt Heffernan)
GamePro.com ("Star Dingo")
Dustin Putman
The story is simple, yet powerful. Set in Paris, circa 1899, Christian (Ewan McGregor) is a penniless writer who has just arrived in the town of Monmartre, home of the infamous Moulin Rouge nightclub. When Christian has a chance encounter with a group ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Dustin Putman
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Review by Mark Dujsik
Why has the movie musical gone into hibernation? I have
always thought the idea of people breaking into song in the middle of a
conversation was a little odd and far-fetched. I appreciate the good musicals of
the golden age of ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
InMoulin Rouge, director Baz Luhrmann has concocted the most original film of this millennium. (That's true whether you count 2000 or not.)But there is no guarantee that you will like it. In fact, you are sure to either love or hate ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
It's rare that you're swept away by a film, but every so often, when a film of such beauty and brilliance comes along, there's little you can do, but be overtaken by it. Moulin Rouge is not simply a film, but rather a fantastical affair filled with ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
I couldn't help myself. It was another gloomy, rainy Saturday morning, my knee hurt (more in this topic later in the week) and I had an overwhelming curiosity about this film. And guess what? I really enjoyed it! Go ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
A landmark musical movie -- controversial, mercurial, even cheeky. It's the kind of film that wildly divides audiences and critics -- people tend to either love or hate it. I loved it. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
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Daily-Reviews (Thomas Michael Goff)
Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A kaleidoscope of color and choreography -- a glittering pop opera... rich in detail and imagination. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
...the 'Star Wars' of romantic musicals, reinventing and revitalizing the genre in one gutsy burst of cinematic glam and joy. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
A remarkable triumph -- alive with creativity and wonder, proving that the medium of film can take us anywhere, and act upon us in any way possible. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Nicole Kidman is absolutely stunning in this film . . . MacGregor is equally charismatic and heartbreaking . . . has the rare ability to stir every emotion in the human soul ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Moulin Rouge may not be easily classifiable, but it is daring and artistic. It is also one of the best pictures of the year. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
One of the year's best films: This tragi-comic musical is Luhrmann's most audaciously innovative feature, one that creates its own hightened world, aggressively defying historical authenticity and the established conventions of Hollywood musicals. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
[T]he first truly brilliant example of the genre since Grease. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
Sidekick Magazine
DVD Clinic ("Tony Pacemaker")
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Final analysis, perhaps not for the amateur moviegoer, Moulin Rouge delivers a visual feast accompanied by beautiful songs, replete with a tragic love story. All it asks in return is a little open mindedness. Give this movie a chance. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
The Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
"Moulin Rouge" looks like it should be a mess, a complete disaster. But it was so carefully orchestrated that it turns out to be brilliant. There is emotion, weird humor and musical splendor to spare. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
MovieJustice (Holden Pike)
Unlike some of the other studio system era artist Biopics, like Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956) or Charlton Heston as Michelangelo in The Agony & the Ecstasy (1965), Huston's Moulin Rouge stands the test of time. The films made ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at MovieJustice (Holden Pike)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
First let me apologize for not seeing this movie sooner. I wish I could have urged more people to see it while it was still gracing the big screens. Now that its run in theaters is waning it may be more difficult to find, but it is well worth the effort. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Elsewhere, Luhrmann's efforts both dissect and reproduce those electric instants in pop life when memories, faces, feelings, sounds, and images collide into what we call love. For entire stretches of Moulin Rouge, we cannot possibly know ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Some films soar so beyond the expected that to confine ones emotions and reactions to the limited scope of prose almost does the experience a disservice. As the credits began to roll after seeing "Moulin Rouge," the half-full auditorium sat in ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Still, in spite of a few flaws, Moulin Rouge stands out as the most ambitious, the most daring, and the most entertaining movie of the year. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
When a red curtain opens and an orchestra conductor emerges to "direct" the unmistakable 20th Century Fox theme music, we know we're in for something different. Really different. Good different.
Filled with virtuoso special effects and ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rogue! is a frenzy of color, music, and emotion. The film isn't so much a reinvention of the musical genre as a reassertion of it. Its themes are no different than most old-school musicals. The film seizes the inherent camp and ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
DVD Talk (Loren Halek)
A classic in every sense of the word, Moulin Rouge deserves to be in your collection. Everything is top notch in this DVD release and is easily one of the best DVDs released in 2001. The movie is great and the extras are amazing. If you don't have this ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at DVD Talk (Loren Halek)
DVDActive (Pete Roberts)
You couldn’t get a more comprehensive DVD package than this one. Arguably one of the most daringly brilliant films of recent times, Moulin Rouge has been given great treatment with a reference quality transfer, a thumping DTS and Dolby Digital ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at DVDActive (Pete Roberts)
Homer Yen
No character is caught up more in this state of fantasy than the naive Christian, whom after befriending dwarf artist ToulouseLautrec (John Leguizamo), is given the rare opportunity to meet Satine. This encounter makes his heart sing, literally. He ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Homer Yen
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
This is not a movie you watch. This is a movie that grabs you by the molars, swings you around while slam dancing to a techno polka then drops you out the theater without a parachute. The kind of movie Andie would wet her pants over. A dizzying, ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
This is a big overstuffed everything- and the kitchen sink mess of a movie. It is an ambitious, often gorgeous, occasionally brilliant mess. But for all its superficial abundance, there is an essential stinginess at its core. It teases the audience with ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
This one seems to be dividing people into those who adore it and those who are indifferent. Count me among the former. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
A Moulin Rouge le queda chica la pantalla; no sólo la satura, la desborda. Es una fiesta de color, de música, de pasión ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
It's a wonderful postmodern hug of a movie, and never once do you not know you're watching a movie. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
New Times (L.A.) (Gregory Weinkauf)
This thing moves brilliantly, sparkling like nothing we've seen domestically since "The Wiz" or ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at New Times (L.A.) (Gregory Weinkauf)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
A crazed, lovestruck, wholly original (and yet amazingly referential) beast, part pop-culture wasteland, part glowing tribute, and part wild-eyed roller coaster (of love). ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
MovieMaze (Thomas Brendel)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
An audacious, snappy visual and emotional feast of dishes both familiar and fresh. It's the first really good movie of 2001. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The movie is all color and music, sound and motion, kinetic energy, broad strokes, operatic excess. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Reel.com
No cast or crew bios here, but there's a section on "The Stars" which amounts to mini-profiles of the main actors and their impressions of the film and filming process. In a "cutting room" section, there's an interview with editor Jill Billock and ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Reel.com
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Any illusions of cinematic normalcy fostered by Fox's straight-laced advertising campaign for Moulin Rouge! are shattered the very second the film begins. The camera pushes in on the curtain of a theatre as an orchestra conductor comes into frame. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
While doing promotion for the initial theatrical run of Moulin Rouge!, director Baz Luhrmann was already hard at work on the DVD edition of his groundbreaking revival of the movie musical--and all the time and effort he spent on it is clearly on display ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
The Movie Chicks
This is a story about love, in the one place that it's not allowed - the Moulin Rouge. Satine (Nicole Kidman) is a courtesan and the star attraction at the infamous Moulin Rouge, Paris' hottest nightclub at the turn of the century. Christian (Ewan ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at The Movie Chicks
Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
It’s 1899, and the Bohemian Revolution is in full swing. Christian (McGregor) is a young writer come to Paris from London in search of the Bohemian lifestyle, but winds up with more than he bargains for. He hooks up with a band of Bohemians led by ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Needcoffee.com - Movie Review
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
For the first 15 or so minutes of Luhrmann's monumentally over-the-top attempt to bring back the moribund genre of the Hollywood musical, I wasn't even sure I could bring myself to stay seated. So chaotic is the film's opening that the fight or flight ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
At the very beginning of the film, the screen is filled by a pair of red curtains that are drawn aside to reveal the 20th Century Fox logo. A tiny figure is visible at the bottom of the screen, leading an unseen orchestra that blasts out the Fox overture. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
A surprisingly potent love story is placed inside a red-hot bottle of music, dance, colors and vibrancy, and splashed across your movie screen with love as its foundation. Will everyone like it? Certainly not, the film has a certain over-stylized energy ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Boxoffice Magazine
Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's eye-poppingly, jaw-droppingly ambitious "Moulin Rouge" is by no means a perfect film -- but it may be the most ambitious film of the last twenty years, if not further. If there's a flaw to "Moulin Rouge" it's that ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Like almost every American college boy who ever took a cut-rate flight to Paris, I went to the Moulin Rouge on my first night in town. I had a cheap standing-room ticket way in the back, and over the heads of the crowd, through a haze of smoke, I could va ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Overall, any discussion of all this piece-by-piece song and score analysis is
irrelevant if you haven't been able to appreciate the whole product in ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
The Popkorn Junkie
The romance is predictable, as most (all?) movie romances are. I didn't feel anything for it, but I enjoyed watching it play out. There are some real cornball lines toward the end, but I think that was intentional, fitting in with all of the cheesy ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
Steve Rhodes
The movie's phenomenal sets look like a Tim Burton production of WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Among many imaginative and magical scenes, one has Satine and Christian standing on a cloud between the starry, deep blue sky and the twinkling ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Steve Rhodes
Edward Johnson-Ott
After the press screening of "Moulin Rouge," I stood in the lobby of the theater listening to the reactions of my friends and colleagues. Everyone seemed a bit numb, understandable after sitting through a barrage of oftenincongruous sounds and images. A ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott
Shannon Patrick Sullivan
Review: Amazing! Astounding! A breath of fresh air! "Moulin Rouge!" is all this and more. Audiences may find its opening moments hard to process; its hyperkinetic pacing and raucous visual style is a vast departure from the mainstream. But most viewers ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Shannon Patrick Sullivan
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