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Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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All Time

of 190,179

767

2000's

of 34,048

196

2001

of 7,559

21
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  444
  
  Drama of 2001
  
  of 907
  
  10
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,670
  
  111
Musical
- Musical All Time
  
  of 3,076
  
  42
  
  Musical of 2001
  
  of 31
  
  2
  
  Musical of the 2000's
  
  of 344
  
  8
Romance
- Romance All Time
  
  of 6,891
  
  104
  
  Romance of 2001
  
  of 218
  
  2
  
  Romance of the 2000's
  
  of 1,737
  
  15

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Moulin Rouge! (2001) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0570

Avg Critic Score:2.9876

Moulin Rouge! (2001) Movie Reviews

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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. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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)

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. ...read the complete Moulin Rouge! movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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

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

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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! (2001) review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)

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The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

This year we have seen many love movies like Pearl Harbor, Angel Eyes and Someone Like You, Nothing this year has there been one like this film called Moulin Rouge. The story is about Love, Truth, Beauty, Freedom and music. Set in Paris nightclub the...read the complete Moulin Rouge! (2001) review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

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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! (2001) review at Film.com (Peter Brunette)

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Slate (David Edelstein)

Ends up leaving you starved for a single moment of unhyped emotion. You can barely see the characters for Luhrmann screaming....read the complete Moulin Rouge! (2001) review at Slate (David Edelstein)

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