A pop tour-de-force

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2001)

Bawdy, bold, daring, vivacious, entrancing, imaginative; a larger than life collage of pop weaved with some timeless themes. From the opening curtain the viewer is swept along through love, hatred, jealousy, humor, song and dance, and so much more. Set against a turn of the century backdrop the viewer finds themself deep within the Bohemian movement. Love is in the air. The moulin rouge is a magical place where singing and dancing are thrown into a molotov coctail of sexual liberation; well set against a unique and sonic mix of many of todays greatest songs. Love, lust, wanting, doubt and so many more themes move the viewers senses with beautiful costumes, sets, choreography. The acting and direction are stunning, the pacing good, the themes timeless, the story a little too patterned, but perhaps a nod to the greatest of love stories. Easily one of the best films of the year, in a class by itself.