A spectacular visual journey with a modern musical flair...

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2002)

(8/10)I rented Moulin Rouge! with low expectations. Ive never particularly liked musicals, and was cautious of this new "modern" type. My expectations, visual limits, everything ,dashed. Moulin Rouge! is in cocept a simple movie, and like most musicals doesn't have much depth or extensive plot or character development. The most important thing in watching this movie is that you except it for what it is, a musical, not an emotional drama.

The most stunning aspect of Moulin Rouge is certainly the visual imagery that dazzles you at every corner, and the cinematography that brings the never ending bustle of extroardinary activity in the Moulin Rouge! nightclub in 1900 Paris to the viewers in a stylish manner. The acting, despite its Oscar nods, was not all that impressive to me...but it sufficed for this particular type of movie.
Overall, it definitely deserves its Oscar nomination and a watch from every movie-lover out there.