Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: An extremely entertaining film
Disadvantages: Not to everyone’s tastes

...title for my opinion of Moulin Rouge, though I read a couple of opinions about the film, I just wasn’t expecting what I saw, but as you may guess I found it to be superb. ~~The Facts~~ In this musical/comedy/tragedy, set in and around the Moulin Rouge night club in the 1900’s, Christian tells his story about coming to Paris, to the bohemian lifestyle, to become a writer and write about love that he’s never experienced. He soon gets involved with ... Read review

Advantages: For me - seeing Jim Broadbent singing 'like a Virgin'
Disadvantages: If you dont like musicals - don't watch it.

Moulin Rouge - translated means Red Mill but this film sure ain't about grinding flour! I was lucky enough to see the film before UK release in Adelaide back in June last year. I wasn't sure what to expect - the Voulez Vous Couchez music video looked a bit raunchy so I had it in my head there would be lots of sex (you know what imagination is!) A 20th Century Fox film directed by Baz Luhrmann and brilliantly choreographed by John O'Connell it stars ... Read review

Advantages: Technically great and great acting by a great cast
Disadvantages: first half is predictable to a certain extent

...town of Monmarte, Paris where Moulin Rouge, the famous or infamous nightclub resides. The nightclub is owned by Zidler (Jim Broadbent) who is incorrigible. He meets some friends who are nonconformists with a bohemian attitude. This group of friends is led by a dwarf Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who convinces Christian to be the writer in the group. They arrange for an encounter with Satine (Nicole Kidman) who is a famous courtesan. She knows ... Read review

Advantages: Its a really wicked film
Disadvantages: a bit of a poor story line

...the story of the infamous Moulin Rouge and his one and only love Satine (Nicole Kidman). This leads to the opening scene of the Moulin Rouge. Baz Luhrmann (the man who brought us advice on sunscreen in the form of that number one hit) definitely loves having every part of the screen jam-packed with action and this is apparent from the first scene inside the infamous Paris club Moulin Rouge. You will be hard pressed to try and tear yourself away from ... Read review

Advantages: fun, energetic, fabulous!
Disadvantages: not for all, confusing in parts

...a hotel across from the Moulin Rouge, a night club – host to some of the most colourful characters you are ever likely to meet – this is where Christian meets Satine – a beautiful courtesan and a wannabe actress who is willing to pay anything to realise her dream (i.e. marry a duke (Richard Roxburgh) who will give her fame). What she didn’t bargain on, however, was falling in love – with the wrong person. Take these beginnings and mix in a wide ... Read review

Advantages: Colourful, energetic...brilliant!
Disadvantages: Not everyone will absolutly love it!

Moulin Rouge has topped my all-time favourite film list. It's one of the most CrEaTiVe, DaZzLiNg, ExHiLaRaTiNg and SeXy films of today - it's a whole new cinematic experience and you won't have seen anything like it before. The director, Baz Luhrman has created a whole new film genre, making Hollywood musicals trendy again while at the same time bringing it bang up to date with a cleverly modern score, a star-studded cast, and a brilliant team of ... Read review

Advantages: EVERYTHING
Disadvantages: NOTHING

...den of inequity of the Moulin Rouge. Here his job is to convince Satine the courtesan of the theatre to star and promote the play. The meeting with Satine however goes more smoothly than planned, after she mistakes Christian for the wealthy Duke of Worcester, who Satine has been told to seduce in to providing money to refurbish the Moulin Rouge, by Harry Sidler boss. Christian and Satine retire to her room, where Satine the smouldering temptress ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent film all round, particularly the music and humour
Disadvantages: Well suppose it's annoying having to pay to get in...!

...that there was an original Moulin Rouge out in the 1950s, 1953 if memory serves me correctly (?) The film tells the story of the Moulin Rouge – the infamous Paris nightclub where the rich and influential come to play with the young and beautiful of the entertainment underworld (to paraphrase one of the lines in the film). Nicole Kidman plays the part of the star performer of the Moulin Rouge, the most beautiful of all the girls who “strut ... Read review

Advantages: Superb
Disadvantages: None

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! is the story of Satine and Christian, a would-be-actress courtesan and an aspiring, penniless writer respectively. It is a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a musical, a farce, a fairy tale and a feast for the eyes and ears. It is, in a word, WONDERFUL. The Story Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring writer who goes to Paris to pursue his ambition and live the Bohemian romantic ideal of beauty, truth and ... Read review

Advantages: Great idea, great music, and Kylie makes a brief appearance!
Disadvantages: Loses its way a little towards the end

...Zidler, the proprietor of the Moulin Rouge nightclub. The plot is simple – Christian (McGregor) lands a writing job at the Moulin Rouge, which is all very handy as he lives downstairs from a motley collection of bohemians who perform on stage at that very club, and can see the huge red windmill on its roof from his window. These performers include the alcoholic dwarf Toulouse Lautrec, and a narcoleptic Argentinean acrobat who has designs ... Read review

Advantages: Very good performances from Ewan and Nicole
Disadvantages: A little to fast to start with

Moulin Rouge is surprising to say the least; it takes risks that immediately open it up to criticism, supplying stunning visuals, flamboyant melodies and excessiveness that borders on the dangerous. It is designed to be head turning, and at times with its dizzying speed it seems foolish, almost ludicrous as we almost fall into the kaleidoscope that is Moulin Rouge. Set in Paris during the turn of the century, we enter the sordid nightlife of the ... Read review

Advantages: Great songs, direction and performances
Disadvantages: Having to watch it in a cinema with people talking restlessly because they can't be bothered to pay sufficient attention!

...decades (certainly in my lifetime), Moulin Rouge is a novel, inventive take on the genre which deserves to become a classic, and will no doubt inspire a number of imitators. The past few years have seen several attempts at using existing songs in a new musical context (Everyone Says I Love You and Love’s Labours Lost are the most obvious examples), but this is the most successful of these. A bizarre variety of styles and sources make it into the mix, ... Read review