Tremendous film

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2001)

Nicole and Ewan are outstanding in this musical-with a difference. The performances are very fine indeed. This film marked the moment that Nicole's star rose above Tom's. The cinematography is breathtaking and deconstructionist. Baz Luhrman has achieved something remarkable with the heady cocktail of pace, lights, colour alongside a deeply subversive critique of Hollywood movie making. So ... you can watch this film as a modern musical, and if you like musicals you'll like it, if you don't you won't. But, watch it on a deeper level and watch Luhrman's wonderful deconstruction at work. Outstanding.