Musical on acid

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2001)

I was not expecting anything from this - except maybe that the director being quite eccentric, something visually stunning. I heard that pop music was used in a French-1900 background, but that's all. So I expected a basic story, adapted music, and lots of flash.
What it is is actually a speedy musical that grabs you from the beginning. If you let you get into it, it works. Actually, I thought the pop elements were quite interesting - especially the montage on the rooftop (your won't listen to Kiss the same way after this!)
Ewan MacGregor is very good - obviously putting all his heart into his role. Nicole is okay in a way - sometimes she just does not seem to want to work this out.
Otherwise, very entertaining, if it was not for the relatively melodramatic ending, I would bring my 12 year-old daughter to see this. By the way, the Moulin Rouge/Paris environment is irrelevant. The film could have be done in a submarine and it would have delivered anyway.