Ugh!

Rating: 1/10 (29 April 2005)

Well, I guess I didn't "get it," since that's how everyone who loves this stinking movie explains away those of us who don't. Couldn't have anything to do with the ridiculous performances (who else wanted to see John Leguizamo take a long walk off a short pier, and who else but me felt embarrassed for poor Jim Broadbent, terrific in so many other things), Baz Luhrmann's irritating directorial style (his target audience would appear to be 14-year old girls with ADS), or the banal music ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a REAL musical, made fun of "I Will Always Love You." "Moulin Rouge" pays homage to it). This film is vapid eye candy stretched out over an exhausting 2 hours. Congrats, Baz---you've succeeded in inventing a new genre---the feature-length MTV video. And for those of you who think we've all missed the point----Baz ain't exactly Ingmar Bergman.
Grade: F