This movie takes place in Paris, Brazil.

Rating: 5/10 (21 March 2002)

Well, this movie was very campy and a visual feast. The music worked quite well. I was entertained. The film reminded me of "Brazil" and "The Island of the Lost Children", both made totally on sets (as I recall) and both involving innocents who encounter some highly wierd, grotesque people in some highly wierd, grotesque environments. Throw in visual references to Toulouse-Lautrec lithographs and take-off's on opera, and --- voila --- you have Moulin Rouge. Well, that's all there is. Do not look for more. The film certainly does not have the content and invention that "Brazil" (a really great movie) does. Actually, I would rather see "The Red Shoes" again.