So boring I did the crossword.

Rating: 1/10 (3 December 2001)

Moulin Rouge is a one joke film. Once that joke has been used several times it becomes tedious.
The film has no trace of originality, and the plot is the worst kind of farce. A better example of a doomed love triangle has to be Shakespeare in Love which is much fresher and wittier than this.The singing is weak and goes on endlessly. It's a pity that Jim Broadbent , who was excellent in Topsy Turvy, was so poorly used in this film. Nicole Kidman, supposedly a courtesan, was about as alluring as a cold fish.
The disappointment came from having heard such rave reviews about it. I am afraid that I could think of several hundred better films than this. Could anyone seriously say that this is the 'best film they have ever seen' as I have been told? Alfred Hitchcock must be turning in his grave!