Makes Battlefield Earth look like Academy Award material.

Rating: 1/10 (15 January 2002)

Like Titanic, this was one of those movies that female friends had suggested was good, but that I intended to go to my grave having not seen. However, someone put it on at a little get-together, so rather than be completely neurotic and leave, I stayed to watch.
God how I regret it.
That's two hours of my life I want back. The only good points I could pick out were that the sets (when you could see them) and the costumes. Both seemed quite well done. Actually, if you removed the script and the cinematography, I suppose it wouldn't be such a bad movie. But those two ruined it for me. The camera angles were so jerky and uncoordinated I felt sick, and the plot was incredibly bizarre and didn't make sense until at least half way through. And the final nail in the coffin that would make me recommend this movie only to people I hate is that they used SOUND EFFECTS for the characters' movements. Seriously, cartoon sound effects.
Want a historical semi-funny romance? Get Shakespeare in Love. Want to be sickened by bad camera angles, nauseated by the neurotic acting, and just plain irritated by the general reek? Then by all means, I wholeheartedly recommend Moulin Rouge.