A Circus of Weirdos

Rating: 1/10 (3 February 2002)

'Moulin Rouge!' is, without doubt, one of the ten worst movies I have ever had the displeasure of watching. It's loud, annoying and senseless with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Though it's billed as a 'musical', most of the music is drowned out by sheer noise. And the musical directors cast historical accuracy to the wind as we hear contemporary songs including 'Lady Marmalade' and 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' performing in Paris of the 1890s(?)! What schlock!
As much as I usually love Nicole Kidman, even she could not salvage this awful movie for me. A Golden Globe ... !?! C'mon. Nicole should have won a Globe and an Oscar for her performance in 'Dead Calm', but certainly not for this unadulterated mess. The acting ... by everyone on-screen ... is so irritatingly hammy that it cries out for brown sugar sauce. Yuk!
What were they thinking!?!