| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Colourful vivid imagery permeates /Moulin Rouge/, one of the year's
most visually appealling films, and also one of the cleverest for its
use of contemporary pop music and lyrics set to a 1900 ambience. more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Screenplay by Luhrmann and Craug Pearce.
Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewen McGregor, Richard Roxburgh. Running time: 128
minutes. Rated PG for mature theme by the MFCB. Reviewed on August 27th,
2001. more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Stop me if you've heard this one before: A high-profile Scientologist opens
a brand-new, hype-heavy film in May and the stupid thing hits the ground
with an unimpressive thud that leaves many people snickering at the
absurdity of it all. While Moulin...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 4/5) |
| Moulin Rouge (2001)
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard
Roxburgh. Cinematography by Donald McAlpine. Music by Craig Armstrong,
Marius De Vries and Steve Hitchcock. Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce. Directed by...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| The beauty, flash, energy and movement of "Moulin Rouge" is astounding. It is not just a film, it is a kinetic, visual barrage of richly colored images and upbeat music that thrill and dazzle the mind and enrich the heart. It is also the most tantalizing...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| MOULIN ROUGE (director/writer: Baz Luhrmann; screenwriter: Craig
Pearce; cinematographer: Donald M. McAlpine; editor: Jill Bilcock;
cast: Nicole Kidman (Satine), Ewan McGregor (Christian), John
Leguizamo (Toulouse-Lautrec), Jim Broadbent (Zidler),...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| Summer's most impressive visual spectacle has hit the
theatres. But in this film, you won't find squadrons
of bombers or capsizing battleships. Instead, you'll
find a rhapsodic presentation that evokes the great
Hollywood musicals of the 50s with sets...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Shane Burridge |
| There's a windmill that keeps popping up in MOULIN ROUGE every few minutes.
It's not central to the plot: it's just there, decked out with pretty
lights, turning around in circles and going nowhere. It's probably as good
a metaphor for MOULIN ROUGE...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| Who would have guessed that Ewan McGregor belting out Elton John's "Your
Song" while dressed in the period garb of 1900's Paris would be so
electrifying an image. Yet in Baz Lurhmann's "Moulin Rouge," it's just one
of several hypnotic musical sequences. more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Richard Roxburgh, John Leguizamo, Jim
Broadbent, Kylie Minogue.
2001 - 126 minutes
Rated PG-13 (mature themes and sexual situations).
Reviewed by Dustin Putman, June 2, 2001. more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Jonathan Richards |
| The first ten minute of Moulin Rouge are a bit unsettling. It's
like arriving at a party where everyone is at least three drinks ahead
of you. They're all feeling giggly and hilarious and you're wondering
what the hell you're doing there. But...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Mark Leeper |
| Capsule: MOULIN ROUGE begins with a sensory
overload of images and fast cutting to create an
exuberant and viscerally exciting view of the
bohemian life in Paris of a century ago. The
flush and...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| PLOT:
A British poet moves to France and finds himself in a position to write
a play for the Moulin Rouge. Soon thereafter, he falls in love with one
of its stars, Satine. But the play and the Moulin Rouge will not go on
unless a certain Duke invests...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| MOULIN ROUGE is the most audacious effort yet from director Baz
Luhrmann, who last, in ROMEO + JULIET, imagined two Shakespearean lovers
in a modern Verona Beach setting. This time, Luhrmann turns his
considerable talent to bringing back the movie...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| In 1899, the summer of love, impoverished British writer Christian (Ewan
McGregor, "Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace") arrives in Paris
to find inspiration in Montmarte's bohemian artistic neighborhood. When
a narcoleptic Argentian (Jacek...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| There has been a hype preceding Baz Luhrmann's latest opus that has helped
to infuse interest in the budding Australian film industry. Fox Studios,
Sydney has bellied up to the bar in a big way to bring us the director's
own vision of turn-of-the-century...more |
| Moulin Rouge Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| MOULIN ROUGE
A film review by Christopher Null
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