«Truth, beauty, freedom, but above all, love»!

Rating: 8/10 (4 August 2001)

Refreshing. Funny. «The show must go on». «It's raining outside, come inside, it's entertaining». That's true! This is very entertaining movie.
Nicole Kidman is superb as Satine. She's surrounded by good actors and funny characters. What about Ziddler, and Toulouse-Lautrec!!! The sets are enchanting. It's like a big fairy tale. Funny the gun that klinks on the Eiffel tower! Of course, there's a lot of clichés («I'm dying Christian») but who cares, it's made up to be that way. Parody of musicals but also of classic litterature. Funny to use songs like Madonna's «Like a Virgin» in a movie about a nightclub in 1899 in Paris, France! Great songs, well chosen. I enjoy myself very much at this movie. I like the way the movie begin and finish with the curtain and the orchestra conductor. The entire generic is nice too.
Out of 100, I gave it 83. That's *** on a **** stars rating system. Seen at the Cineplex Odeon-Devonshire, in Windsor (Ontario), July 31st, 2001. Marko Roy.