Every single person involved in this movie should have had an Oscar nomination.

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2002)

This movie is a classic. So vibrant, so spectacular, so captivating. It had every single quality of a great musical. Not a single song was out of place. Just by looking at the elaborate sets and costumes, you could tell that a huge amount of effort and passion was put into this. The story is very ordinary, but the way that Baz Luhrmann has presented it is simply delightful. And the singing... oh dear Lord, Ewan and Nicole's voices! They were so good! It didn't look as if they were doing this for the first time (although Ewan did sing in A Life Less Ordinary - but that was just one song), it looked like they had been singing for ages! By the way, I loved how they turned "Roxanne" into a tango.
Ok, now for the acting. I was so surprised that Ewan McGregor didn't get any nomination for Best Actor at the Oscars. He was just great, superb, amazing, excellent. Not just his singing (and his oh-so-attractive appearance) but his expressions. You could almost feel every emotion Christian (his character) was feeling, it reflected so clearly on his face while he was singing AND acting. This guy is a very, very good actor and now we all know he can sing as well!
Nicole Kidman was very impressive and she has also proven that she has a beautiful singing voice as well. Her performance was brilliant as well and I was glad that she got a nomination. She looked great too. She portrayed every aspect of Satine (her character) very genuinely.

Now anyone who's seen Richard Roxburgh before could almost laugh when they see him in the Duke's role. He had to change his voice and normal facial appearance and the way that he carried himself was so much suited to the character, that sometimes you didn't even realise that this was Richard. Excellent performance, I loved it.
Jim Broadbent is so good at every role that he does. Even though he got an Oscar for Iris this year, his performance in this movie was great too. It was a very difficult role, but he played it to perfection.

I've always been a fan of John Leguizamo's work. His character was a very difficult one too and he didn't disappoint me at all this time either. The accent along with the humourous personality of Toulouse Lautrec was nicely done.
There was only one big disappointment and that was that Baz Luhrmann did not get nominated for an Academy Award. Now that was simply not fair. This certainly wasn't a movie to be overlooked. Even if they intentionally did not nominate him, there was no reason for it. That spectacular, visually stunning piece of work definitely could not have been achieved without him. He's got such an imaginative and artistic outlook on various aspects of life and he really makes very interesting and entertaining films to say the least.
One of the best musicals of all time, definitely. *****/***** Watch it.