Not what I expected

Rating: 5/10 (29 May 2013)

The first half of the movie was so annoying that both me and my wife wanted to leave. Very fast, very colorful very loud music and the plot moving very very slowly. The second half of the movie was better, and the ending justified our decision not to leave half way through. Not accurate depiction of the era, really really bad decision for the soundtrack to play modern music and not music from the time the story is supposed to take place. I really liked Moulin Rouge better, and I think the main flaw of the movie is that it cannot decide whether it is a musical or a drama. I think that younger viewers (I am 40) may like it better.