I laughed, I cried, it changed my life...

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2001)

Well maybe not the last part, but this is an excellent film. Yes, it is a musical, and yes, there is a reference to the Sound of Music, but this is unlike any musical every made before. I am not really a fan of some of the high speed frenetic film editing that you can find in today's music videos but somehow I was not bothered at all by the video acrobatics that make up most of Moulin Rouge, it really seemed to fit with the whole picture.
But for all the flash, this movie is first and foremost a romance. And not a sappy sickly sweet love story but one that can really touch you... if you let it. It reminded me most of "Shakespeare in Love"... but actually was much more effective in showing the love between them.
It's also one of those movies that you want to see again... immediately!