A disrespectful mess.

Rating: 2/10 (15 February 2002)

What I found most offensive about this film (besides the grotesque faces jumping at me every two seconds, and the icey-chill of that overrated Nicole Kidman) was the way they portrayed Toulouse-Lautrec. If you know anything of the artist, and then see the beautiful portrayal of him in "Moulin Rouge" (the 1952 version) by Jose Ferrer, you can't help but be offended by this new version presenting him as a grinning, hyper, bouncing munchkin who's meant to be a mere sidekick to the mediocre main characters.