A Musical as conceived by "Creative Genius"

Rating: 5/10 (20 July 2002)

What a silly, self-indulgent, mishmash of a movie. I will give it a 5 as it did possess some amusing moments but I am beginning to think that Baz Luhrman might be a reincarnation of Ed Wood. I remember watching an awards show last fall and being shocked when this movie won for Best Original Score. This is not a movie with an original score. It might have an original song, but not much else. It is an overinflated vainglorious mess. I can imagine the director and his cohorts congratulating themselves on their artistic brilliance after every little oddity. Toulouse Latrec with a Winchester Lisp? give me a break. The movie was nothing more or less than Camille on LSD. Save us from more self-professed artistic genius movie makers.