"Spectacular, Spectacular!"

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2001)

In a time when movies are produced sheerly to make a buck on whatever the "hippest" and most contemporary fad is in effect, Moulin Rouge stands out.

Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman deliver stand-out performances--as do John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh and well... the whole damn cast was great, really.
The story may not be the most original, but the style and deliverance of it is very much so.
Baz Luhrmann deserves a great deal of praise for this flawless, beautiful film. A little wild, weird and "out there," but that's what movies are supposed to be, right?
Go see the latest Titanic incarnation if it suits you (ahem, Pearl Harbor) or the latest Indiana Jones rip-offs if that's your thing (Mummy Returns and Tomb Raider) or maybe even the new, modernized version of E.T. (A.I.), but for those with a genuine appreciation for film... Check out Moulin Rouge. It is: "Spectacular, Spectacular!"