Dear to be touched

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2002)

There are few films that have affected me in the same way as Moulin Rouge does. You rent, or go to the movies, and most of the time it is to be entertained for couple of hours, while forgetting your own struggles in life. Here we have a film that takes you beyond that, as you will completely forget everything and you become part of a wonderful love story in a movie which is unlike anything I've ever seen. When I first heard about Moulin Rouge, I didn't expect much. Nicole Kidman has always disappointed me, with the only two films I've liked her in being Far and Away & Eyes Wide Shut. Ewan McGregor has, even for his talent, not always delivered, and is Star Wars the saddest example. To top this, I just couldn't imagine a Musical to be worth seeing. I mean beside old films like Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, West Side Story and Grease, are there any real musicals out there? All my doubts were swept away seeing Moulin Rouge for the first time. It grabs you, and doesn't let go until many days later. The combination of music that we all partly know performed in a new way, the visual settings and camera work, the strange combination of comedy, drama, reality and fantasy. All fantastically well put together, brings us a film unlike any others. I dear to say that if you hate it, you didn't allow it to capture you, deciding rather to stay out of range, untouched and unharmed. For all the rest of you, enjoy the journey. 10/10