Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge (/ˌmuːlæ̃ ˈruːʒ/, French: [mulɛ̃ ʁuʒ]) is a 2001 jukebox musical romance drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann.

Plot
In the year 1899, Christian, (Ewan McGregor) a poet has traveled to Paris to pursues his penniless job to be a writer. However, he meets a group of bohemians who tell him to write for a musical show for them to perform for the Moulin Rouge, the most famous nightclub in Paris. The night they arrived to the Moulin Rouge Christian meets the club's star and a beautiful courtesean, Satine (Nicole Kidman). He falls in love with her an took a bit of convincing, she also falls in love with him as well. Meanwhile, Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent), the owner of Moulin Rouge, invest to a wealthy duke to help pay for his club, however, the Duke will only pay if Satine is his. Little does Satine know about the secret that could end in tragedy.

Why It Will Come What May

 * 1) The 20th Century Fox intro with the conductor was awesome.
 * 2) Colorful and dazzling visuals.
 * 3) The way it transitions from happy and comedic to sad was perfect.
 * 4) The costumes and makeup look very gorgeous, especially for the club performers.
 * 5) Excellent acting and singing.
 * 6) Catchy songs, especially "Lady Marmalade", "Come What May", "Your Song", "Fly Away" and others.
 * 7) The sets look luxurious.
 * 8) Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor have amazing chemistry.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The plot doesn't follow close to the original.
 * 2) How do they know what the Sound of Music is in 1899?
 * 3) The movie could get very boring sometimes.
 * 4) It's hard to enjoy the sets made because the editing goes really fast and you don't have much time to enjoy it.
 * 5) A couple awkward scenes like this scene

Reception
Moulin Rouge received 76% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 199 reviews and an average of 7.1/10. The critical consensus reads "A love-it-or-hate-it experience, Moulin Rouge is all style, all giddy, over-the-top spectacle. But it's also daring in its vision and wildly original." It also received a 66 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 35 reviews, indicating "generally favorable".