Perfect!! Awesome!! Incredible!!! Superb!!!

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2001)

I was lucky this summer because I was in Australia and I could see this wonderful movie before it arrives in Spain, and I really became in love with it. I´m a big fan of musicals, and I could say this one is the best one I´ve ever seen. The performances of all the actors are great, Nicole Kidman surprised me, I couldn´t imagine she was such a great actress, and Ewan, with dark hair, does here one of his greatest jobs.
I like that frenetic and non-ending rythym that takes all the film since its beginnings, it is perfect, all the songs, especially "Come what may", took my breath away, there´s no one day in which I don´t sing "Come what may". I fell in love with Nicole.
A great digital cinematography wraps the film with an incredible colorful atmosphere. The script is great, the music, the choreographies,oh, I wish I was there!, I couldn´t imagine a movie as perfect as this one. It really reached my heart.
The other team is very well cast, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Coxburg, Caroline O´Connor, they are all great, I couldn´t forget that story of the maharaja,with all that dancers that turned Nicole into a goddess ("she´s mine") and the Big Elephant.
There´s so many wonderful things in that movie that I could write lots of books. I´ll never forget Nicole on the top of the elephant singing "I´ll fly away", or Ewan singing "your song". They are not singers, but they are a couple of great voices apart from their acting. Fortunately great singers have collaborated in doing the wonderful soundtrack, Bono, David Bowie, Beck, Valeria,Fatboy Slim, Mya, etc .Their songs fits perfectly with that story, and the lyrics make it more credible than ever.
But I insist in the script, is perfect, those lines like: "I´m not a duke, I´m a writer!" or "Tell our story Christian, this will be the only way we´ll be together" or "Love is like oxygen" surprised me, especially the second one, which brought deep emotions to my heart. I won´t forget the day I saw this movie. I don´t know if I´m in love with Satine or Nicole, I think with the two of them. I recommend this movie to all people who likes musicals, frenetic dance, deep stories, and above all, love. The greatest thing you´ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Moulin Rouge is without doubts, my third favourite movie, and I´m very proud it is Australian,(I´m Australian) and not a Hollywood product as lots of people think.