Moulin Rouge!

To say this movie isn't for everyone is an understatement (just look at the other reviews). It's musically bold, stylistically in-your-face, shamelessly romantic, and unapologetically excessive. If you meet the movie on its own terms and embrace its hyperstylized reality (which I did), it's exhilarating. If you don't, it's torture. Either way, it's an experience you won't soon forget.

Gawdy, irritating mess. McGregor is charming as usual, Kidman is alright (but nowhere near sexy enough as the movie assumes she is), and Leguizamo made me want to claw my eyes (and ears) out. The story is maudlin and uninteresting. Songs are ok, I guess, but in every case I prefer the originals. To be fair, I don't care for musicals in general, but still this movie could have been a lot less painful for me than it was.

Absolutely brilliant and I can assure you this is strong praise, especially coming from myself as I usually detest romantic movies. I had put off seeing this film for quite a long time due to that very reason but upon finally viewing it I must say I found it enthralling. The visuals and script mesh perfectly to illustrate the story is told from the memory of Christian (McGregor). With such a convention in mind all the liberties taken with the storytelling fit together perfectly.

I loathe musicals, I dislike post-modernism, and while we're at it, I'm not sure Nicole Kidman was the best choice for the female lead. As you've probably already gathered, it's a giant mystery to me, why I think this movie is such a fabulous triumph of playful movie making. Maybe because it's breathtaking, enthralling, beautiful, tragic, and funny as hell, I don't know. Now fuck off. I'm feeling... fragile. Chhama chhama!!

Soppy, corny, cheesy, completely over-the-top- it's audacious in its flashiness. But it's also hard to dislike a film that is this much fun.