Amazing! Should be required viewing for... anyone!

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2001)

This was one of the most amazing films I have ever seen! A feast for the ears and eyes. I am trying to coerce the world into seeing this film! Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman prove that they can SING! Often called a cross between "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Titanic," it is really true. Destined to be a cult classic. So few films can successfully pull off such a sharp shift in tone. The first 45 minutes or so is a complete farce, high camp. Then it slowly down shifts until the end is deep tragedy. And yet it works. The music, the costumes, the performances, the story, the script, the visuals... it all works!! It is almost like seeing a theatrical production. The film opens and closes with the opening and falling of a stage curtain, and some musical numbers are so elaborately staged that everytime I have seen it (three so far) the audience bursts into applause!
A MUST SEE!!!!