Inventive! Beautiful Story line

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2008)

I must say the extravagance of the movie at the beginning was quite hard to follow, and seemed slightly too eccentric, but then again that's Moulin Rogue in a nutshell. However I did think the usage of Madonnas "like a virgin" and songs like "love lift us up where we belong" made it slightly "cheesy". The beauty of the script was undeniable, the huge theme of love throughout the play almost had me in tears at it's beauty. I loved seeing the character of Satine (Nicole Kidman) evolve from and excellent manipulator of men into someone who truly awakens to love. Fantastic performances from all the cast. It really felt like someone had sat you in the most extravagant show that the world could possibly offer.