- Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Release Date: May 18, 2001
- Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
- Summary: Against the backdrop of 19th Century Paris and the famed Montmartre cabaret, this is the story of the doomed love affair between Christian (McGregor), a young poet, and Satine (Kidman), a courtesan and performer at the Moulin Rouge.
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Musical
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 35
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Mixed: 10 out of 35
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Negative: 3 out of 35
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100A landmark musical movie -- controversial, mercurial, even cheeky. It's the kind of film that wildly divides audiences and critics -- people tend to either love or hate it. I loved it.
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80What ultimately comes through is an undeniably imaginative work that is a glorious testament to the limitless and largely untapped possibilities of cinema.
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60It's the kind of flourish that makes you smile -- that makes you believe in the power of movies.
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38May be a spectacularly awful movie, but it's also spectacularly drenched in color, décor and other visual oh-la-la.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 237 out of 273
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Mixed: 7 out of 273
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Negative: 29 out of 273
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TonyB.8Beautifully acted, directed, designed, photographed, scored and edited, Moulin Rouge is also exciting and quite moving.
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VincentV.1Awful special effects, poor music, poor singing, poor acting, poor storyline... total suck.
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