Review of Moulin Rouge! (2001) by Johnnylee T — 03 Nov 2016

Original, zany, lush, spectacular musical drama. A one-off. Possibly the greatest putting-on-a-show movie ever!

This review of Moulin Rouge! (2001) was written by Johnnylee T on 03 Nov 2016.

Moulin Rouge! has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Gav R (93) on 27 Apr 2017

One of the maddest and brilliant films ever made. Songs fit brilliantly, acting superb and tearful ending…

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By Matt H (2,287) on 25 Jul 2018

So I really like some of the music and it is visually stunning, but I just feel that it is just really bizarre for my taste…

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By Filipeneto (856) on 22 Jan 2020

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Luhrmann usually gives us stylistic films with substance, but he falls extremely short here…

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By Andrew K (2,033) on 03 May 2017

After giving it a second try I am convinced that this is the worst movie musical in existence…

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Silly fairy tale which is unnecessarily long, dull and boring. The set and the camera are good, but the movie has nothing else of importance…

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By Polishgmr (1) on 15 Jun 2019

Moulin Rouge attempts to be the traditional Luhrmann style over substance film…

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