Lacks originality...

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2001)

While I enjoyed this movie as an overall pleasurable movie-going experience, I left feeling that it lacked something. Of course, it was visually spectacular; the scenery and the dance numbers provided something of a sensory overload. Nicole Kidman was beautiful, though her tragic part was rather cliche, as was the whole story. Anyone ever hear of La Boheme? or Cabaret? Put them together and you have Moulin Rouge. Don't get me wrong, both have terrific stories, but did we really need them to be re-hashed, with new songs? I think not. I would recommend this movie purely for the visual value and performance numbers, but certainly not if you seek something original with a plot that will leave any impression at all.