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Moulin Rouge!
2001 128 min Australia, United States of America PG-13 12+
★8.1
Drama, Romance, Music
Director: Baz Luhrmann
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Description
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Budget:
$52.5M
US Gross:
$57.39M
Worldwide:
$179.21M
Starring
Nicole Kidman
Actor
Ewan McGregor
Actor
John Leguizamo
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 2002
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Costume Design
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2002
— Best Actress
BAFTA 2002
— Best Cinematography
BAFTA 2002
— Best Visual Effects
BAFTA 2002
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
BAFTA 2002
— Best Production Design
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Director
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Costume Design
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Sound
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2002
— Best Supporting Performance
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Original Song
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Picture
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2002
— Best Actress
BAFTA 2002
— Best Film Editing
BAFTA 2002
— Best Costume Design
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2002
— Best Musical Scene
BAFTA 2002
— Best Sound
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Cinematography
Cannes Film Festival 2001
— Palme d'Or
Saturn Awards 2002
— Best Special DVD Edition
European Film Awards 2001
— Screen International Award
European Film Awards 2001
— World Cinema Achievement
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2002
— Best Kiss
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Original Score
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Production Design
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Academy Awards 2002
— Best Actress
Golden Globe 2002
— Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
BAFTA 2002
— Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
BAFTA 2002
— David Lean Award for Direction
Saturn Awards 2002
— Best Costume Design
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002
— Best Cast Ensemble
César Awards 2002
— Best International Feature Film
Key opinion
Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! is widely regarded as a visually and sonically opulent spectacle that revitalized the musical genre with its bold, post-modern energy. While a majority of viewers are moved by its tragic romance and passionate lead performances, some find the frenetic editing and stylistic excess to be overwhelming or kitschy.
| Acting | Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor deliver deeply moving and believable performances that anchor the central romance. | |
| Score | The soundtrack, featuring unconventional reinterpretations of iconic pop and rock hits, is widely praised as the film's emotive backbone. | |
| Production | The production design successfully creates a lavish, immersive, and vivid world that captures the bohemian spirit of turn-of-the-century Paris. | |
| Emotion | The emotional arc effectively balances lewd comedy with a poignant, tragic ending that leaves a lasting impact on most viewers. | |
| Direction | The film's high-energy, rapid-fire editing and eclectic visual style polarize audiences between those who find it a dazzling, genre-defining masterpiece and those who find it exhausting or garish. |