This film proves that musicals are NOT dead!

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2002)

I expected this movie would be good, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out this movie wasn't just 'good'...it was great...fantastic...absolutely excellent!
Growing up in musical theater, I've always had a great respect for musicals, but I was also aware that in this day and age, musicals don't usually fly with the public like they used to. It seems to have become an era where "reality" entertainment is what people want to see, but this movie shows that the old fashioned musicals and fantasies are still alive and well. This film was obviously done right. It had the traditional musical movie aspects of it, but it also included modern music in its score, which made it appealing to the younger crowd. Like a long "MTV" music video, but without getting away from the charm of such a genre.
Not only were the musical score, the actors and the sets excellent, but it was such a great story. I'm not exactly into the mushy love stories, but I found myself getting lost in the movie...like I was there..and that IMO is the purpose of films and television; to escape our everyday lives for a little while. Obviously this film was successful in doing that.
It's nice to know that in the age of 'reality' TV shows and programming, that a film such as 'Moulin Rouge' still works, and we still have the opportunity to see a movie that we can get lost in.