High Energy, High Emotion, High Quality

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2001)

Right from the opening scene it was obvious this was not an ordinary movie. Very dramatic, full of theatre, drama and comedy.
If you have no care for Truth, Beauty, Freedom or Love - or any music, then you may not care for this movie. Everyone else should. I don't normally care for musicals. People bursting in to song usually seem rather out of place. In Moulin Rouge, the surreal nature of the whole movie is maintained and the singing seems not only natural, but essential. The integration of song and dialog is brilliant, often with no obvious border.
The cinematography is superb, with some sweeping zoom & pan from one shot to another supporting the surreal fantasy feeling.
There is some similar tongue-in-cheek style to Strictly Ballroom (also from Baz Luhrmann)
In my opinion there is no question this is the best movie ever made. The question is, will anyone ever be able make a better one?