Laugh, Cry, Dance, or Sing Along; this movie makes you do all of them.

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2002)

In an age of movies where the ending in each one is your typical boy meets girl, defeats villain, gets girl in the end, it is good to see a movie that tells a heart-felt story with a sad end. It also tells the story in a type of genre long thought dead and only used in Disney cartoons - a musical. This movie is colorful in every way, from the lovesick and love obsessed Christian and the courtisan/singer Satine to the amazing costumes. The cinematography in the movie was exquisite, my favorite use of the camera being near the beginning when you first enter the Moulin Rouge, it is used to make you feel disoriented, like Christian probably felt when he first entered the late 19th century version of Studio 54. In a movie about Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Love, you feel all of it. The Truth - This movie is sensual, uplifting, a definite "Spectacular Spectacular." The Beauty - Every thing about the movie is beautiful, from the setting and time ( late 19th century, paris france during the bohemian revolution) to the people, costumes, music...need I say more. The Freedom - You will feel free as your entranced by this story about the lovesick Christian in his attempts to free his first love, Satine, from the grips of the evil duke. The Love - You will love to watch this movie over and over again. You will love to sing along with the characters in each of the amazing songs (Your Song, Elephant Medley, Come What May) You will love being able to share the movie and its story with your kids, grandkids and so forth. You will just flat out LOVE this movie.