One of the best musicals ever!

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2003)

Forget the Moulin Rouge being one of the best (all be it one of the only) musicals in modern history, this film must surely go down as one of the best musicals in the history of the talkies!?!?!?! AND this is coming from someone who really hates the musical genre of movies.
There's just something about this film that certainly removes the "Chick Flick" status making this a movie for all sexes. The visuals are stunning: If this type of effort would have been tried in the 60's people would be talking about all the drug influences in the film! The 'over-the-top' acting is essential, with Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut & To Die For), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting & Shallow Grave), John Leguizamo (Romeo + Juliet & The Fan), Jim Broadbent (Iris & Gangs of New York) & Richard Roxburgh (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen & upcoming Van Helsing) as the evil but camp 'Duke' perform brilliantly in this run-of-the-mill story of romance (I thought it was kind of like the plot from "Shakespeare in Love" in many ways!)
The songs are done well and a bunch of middle aged men singing a segment of Nirvana's cult hit 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was hilarious!
7.8/10