Ambitious

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 2003)

This movie is very ambitious, but that isn't always a good thing, like a rival politician that has different views. Every frame of film is lush and electrified, every sound edit larger then life. A true musical, though I was not aware of this when my wife purchased it. It shows elements of Cabaret and Rocky Horror and its very own taste of bizarre. The plot is simple enough underneath it all as most musicals are, ala any later Elvis movie, but it proved to me to be a tough pill to swallow. It is like watching "The Wall" by Pink Floyd but wanting something lighter. It is a larger than life experience that you will love or hate, and that says something about it. For me personally it was to convoluted and lost in its excess, but I could see that this could be someone's favorite movie that they would defend with very good reason. It definitely is cinematic art, you just got to ask yourself what mood you are in before you watch it.