A slap in the face wouldn't be quite so painful...*sings*

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2003)

Cottonne was the star of the Moulin Gris, they called her the Dull Pumice Stone...
Either the film was boring or it irritated me with its weird camera direction. Some of the scenes were far too ridiculous, for example when Harry Zidler, Satine, Christian etc. presented "Spectacular, Spectacular" to the Duke and the cartoon sound effects were edited... But still, the acting was fine and the film came up with some quite cool and stylish ideas, like Satine descending on her swing from the ceiling or the Green Fairy's Dance.
The film indeed has brilliant costumes and the songs were really good adapted (though I would have preferred original songs), but overall I missed a plot. Well, there actually was a plot, but I missed a clear line in the succession of the scenes, there were no particularly spectacular or dramatic scenes, the movie just went on and on and on... Some might say that this film doesn't need a story and that I should rather enjoy the music and the costumes, but it was just pointless.
Go and see Chicago to experience true GLAM!