Best on-screen experience since "Shakespeare in Love"

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 2001)

Particularly given the slim pickings for grown-ups at the movies, "Moulin Rouge" is the best on-screen experience since "Shakespeare in Love." The two films have a lot in common: they both seek to define love, they both stress the play within the play (always an appealing technique), and they both are about male playwrights seeking the girl of their dreams. Wonderful direction, filming, and editing. It truly will appeal to the MTV generation and their parents. Go see it!