Moulin Rouge!

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 18, 2001

8.4	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 491 Ratings

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DrunkenMasterFeb 19, 2007

This is a film for people who know nothing of history and don't mind seeing one of the most talented and tragic artists of all time portrayed as a singing and dancing life-of-the-party midget. Never mind that the REAL star of the Moulin This is a film for people who know nothing of history and don't mind seeing one of the most talented and tragic artists of all time portrayed as a singing and dancing life-of-the-party midget. Never mind that the REAL star of the Moulin Rouge was an obese redhead (a far cry from Kidman) nicknamed "The Glutton", never mind that the film is chock full of ridiculous anachronism (who the hell sold these jerks the rights to "Smells like Teen Spirit", fer chrissakes??? they should be found and punished. Severely.), never mind that the entire film is directed to look exactly like an extended music video: Ewan MacGregor is SO DREAMY WHEN HE SINGS and that is all that matters! (Ugh, excuse me for just a second: I feel ill.) A lot of people defend this move because they think it's "romantic". Well, if your ideal of love and romance is this gaudy, this detached from reality, this superficial, you can keep it. I'll stick with the real thing. This film is strictly for fourteen year old girls. Even a guest appearance by the Green Fairy can't cover the stink of this turd.… Expand

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J-ShapAug 25, 2011

Moulin Rouge is so contrived, so lame, so up-its-own-a**, and so insultingly unoriginal, it really does make Titanic look like Casablanca. The characters are written horribly, the story is absolute crap, and the movie seems to think it'sMoulin Rouge is so contrived, so lame, so up-its-own-a**, and so insultingly unoriginal, it really does make Titanic look like Casablanca. The characters are written horribly, the story is absolute crap, and the movie seems to think it's profound, and no, we are not at least able to enjoy the spectacle, because the movie is shot in such a way that the sets and costumes escape our vision as fleeting as possible. Let's imagine an incredibly shallow movie as a hollow eggshell covered in glitter. Now let's imagine self-importance and pretentiousness as a giant hand around the eggshell, pushing harder the more it believes the movie is spectacular. Do the math.… Expand

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ZalJan 11, 2012

This movie is a complete and utter mess. The camerawork is all over the place, the singing isn't that good, the characters are very flat and have no depth whatsoever and the message about love is incredibly pretentious.
My biggest grip isThis movie is a complete and utter mess. The camerawork is all over the place, the singing isn't that good, the characters are very flat and have no depth whatsoever and the message about love is incredibly pretentious.
My biggest grip is with the message. This movie is supposedly about love. But we never really learn what love really means according to this movie. Saying the word "love" a bunch of times does not count as talking about it. Love is arguably the most complex emotion. It's something that should be talked about in great lengths. But this movie never tells us what love is. The type of love that is stressed is the love you have with a significant other. That's not to say that that isn't a type of love worth talking about, but that's not the only type of love there is. What about love for a family member or love for your friends? Even this wouldn't be a problem but the love between the two leads is spontaneous and is not that interesting.
The story itself is incredibly thin and worn out.
None of the characters are interesting or complex.
The camera can never sit still for five seconds.
For me, nothing about this movie worked. But it still gets a 1 because the costumes were nice and I cannot stop listening to "El Tango de Roxanne."… Expand

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CooterPatooterMar 3, 2012

They disguise how terrible the sets look by covering them up with an endless barrage of open-mouthed sweaty faces in extreme close-up. However, nothing can mask the god-awful squealing that passes as singing or the amateurish camerawork.

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csw12Apr 2, 2012

Moulin Rouge is and unbearably long movie that was so bad I rather sit around my house and stare at the walls. The music was absolutely terrible and I seriously can't say 1 good thing about the movie other than the fact I will never see it again.

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VincentV.Oct 24, 2008

Awful special effects, poor music, poor singing, poor acting, poor storyline... total suck.

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SteveE.Jul 11, 2008

What on earth is all the fuss about? How can so many people give 10/10 to this load of rubbish? I would have given it -1 if I coukld! We turned it off after 30 minutes - never to re-visit - and regret wasting those 30 minutes and the price What on earth is all the fuss about? How can so many people give 10/10 to this load of rubbish? I would have given it -1 if I coukld! We turned it off after 30 minutes - never to re-visit - and regret wasting those 30 minutes and the price of the DVD. I wouldn't even give this unwatched trash to my worst friend.… Expand

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PaulWJan 19, 2014

One of my most-hated movies. Non-sensical. Anti-logical. Over-done. Pointless. Imbalanced. A visual orgy for people who do not like to think.
Like an acid trip while having the flu.

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PolishGMRJun 16, 2019

Moulin Rouge attempts to be the traditional Luhrmann "style over substance" film. Unfortunately, the style is painful, rampant flashing lights and fast edits which cause me to become nauseous. It feels like Luhrmann confused style with doingMoulin Rouge attempts to be the traditional Luhrmann "style over substance" film. Unfortunately, the style is painful, rampant flashing lights and fast edits which cause me to become nauseous. It feels like Luhrmann confused style with doing as much as possible on the screen at once. And oddly, the film often decides to highlight the garbage it considers a plot and is all the worse for it. Neither the style nor substance are interesting. As such, the film holds no interest for me and often , I find myself in heated debates with those who enjoy it. I find the pop songs don't fit and are a pathetic attempt to seem more artistic than the mess of plot and attemtps at characterisation are.… Expand

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ZosiaJJun 16, 2019

Luhrmann usually gives us stylistic films with substance, but he falls extremely short here. The style is used to disguise the fact that the plot makes little sense and that they are ruining generally highly regarded songs (e.g. The Show MustLuhrmann usually gives us stylistic films with substance, but he falls extremely short here. The style is used to disguise the fact that the plot makes little sense and that they are ruining generally highly regarded songs (e.g. The Show Must Go On). The only moment in the film I could enjoy for what it was was the Roxanne scene. Beautiful imagery and symbolism and provided characterisation to a character previously used as simply comic relief (though the outrageous nature of the film hardly needs a comic relief character). If the whole film and been like that, I would have certainly enjoyed it much more.… Expand

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