words cannot express...

Rating: Null/10 (27 April 2002)

...how truly overrated this film is. Yes, the costumes are bright and exciting, yes, the cinemotography is interesting and unique but aside from those two things, there is nothing good about this movie! Good Lord! Who told Nicole Kidman she could sing? She is AWFUL! Her voice barely chokes out of her pasty throat. As for the acting, that was possibly even more atrocious! I think I would have ended my life right then and there if Kidman had won for best actress at the oscars. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Ewan McGregor is a whole nother story. What did Baz Luhrman do to this otherwise great actor? NOt only could the boy not hold a tune, he had no charisma whatsoever in this film (something McGregor ALWAYS has). Not only that, his supposed "english" accent was terrible! I felt embarrassed for everyone involved in this film. Especially with the opening sequence of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Oh! Words cannot express my pain for the film makers. As a fan of musicals, this was nothing to take notice of. It counted on winning its audience by cheesy musical version pop-songs (they couldn't even do more than one original) instead of an interesting plot, characters and good script. If he were alive today, Kurt Cobain would never have allowed this.