Opera meets Fred Astaire meets Musical Comedy meets U2 meets Madonna

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2002)

This movie is a mix of a lot of things.
The story isn't so inusual, if you know some Operas, and the only thing that is really original is the use of cameras and special effects.
A pleasant movie with a sad ending (like the Operas) that hooked people mainly for the use of well known pop song ("Roxanne" - "Material girl" - "Show must go on" - "Your song" and so on ...).
The movie also pay an (involontary?) tribute to Terry Gilliam's and Monty Python's crazy visual style.
Not the best ... but good in spite of a trite love story.
A particular note for the breathless editing.
My vote 7/10