Moulin Rouge

This romanticized treatment of the life of artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is literally one of the most colorful films ever made…All the hues and colors in the palette go whizzing by in the Parisian streets, country homes, and cabarets of the... Full review

I thought this movie was too sad and more than a little dreary! The only character I found myself liking was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (played by the magnificent Jos... Full review

This is one of the most interesting biographies I've ever seen on film.Until I acquired the DVD, I never fully realized how beautiful this film looked, either. I was stunned to see how spectacular the colors were and how much... Full review

Certainly one of the most beautiful ghost stories filmed in Technicolor ("The Innocents," with Deborah Kerr, perhaps takes the prize for black and white.) "Moulin Rouge" the film is itself the ghost of Lautrec's life and art. An almost minimalist... Full review

Along with Gauguin, Rodin, Seurat, van Gogh, and several others, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is regarded as a major contributor to the French art movement of the late 19th century, known as post-impressionism. "Moulin Rouge" (1952) is the somewhat romanticized cinematic... Full review

I've always had a great affection for this film, although I realized long ago that it has its problems. Most casual viewers and amateur reviewers apparently like it, but it seems to rub some people decidedly the wrong way for... Full review

With the appearance of the 2001 movie entitled "Moulin Rouge" (see review) I went back to the Jose Ferrer version to add a review of it. Note that both films are entirely different in style and purpose; to equate them... Full review

Anyone who does not think that John Huston has a broad range as a film-maker needs to watch this and "The Dead." While he spent much of his career making gritty adventure-dramas like "The Maltese Falcon," "The Treasure of the... Full review

It's colorful, it's inspiring, it's striking....it's an artwork come to life. "Moulin Rouge" is an extremely well-made movie about the life of the famous French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The first time I saw this movie it automatically became one... Full review

This is the second John Huston movie I have seen in the space of one week, the other movie being 'The Maltese Falocon'and I am impressed. I sure hate to use an old cliche but they don't make them like... Full review

story continues below He was born in 1843 and had the sort of miserable childhood that makes for a better movie than it does a happy adulthood. ... Full Review

A few historical references do survive Huston's pen and cutting room floor, and especially memorable are early excursions to the brightly colored Moulin Rouge for lively can-can sequences with the irrepressible La Goulue. For the uninitiated, that first glance at Lautrec's short legs could be a bit of a shock, as Huston builds up the suspence with initial hints about his ugliness and shortness before putting them in a frame. ... Full Review

Ironically, the film suffers from that same classicism....Moulin Rouge is a beautifully shot, measured movie....In this film, the Moulin Rouge suffers growing pains after Lautrec's successful ad campaign.....the supporting cast (outside this one woman who played a dancer who uttered annoying monosyllabic grunts as she danced) were all good..... ... Full Review

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Jos Ferrer) es el hijo de un noble que debido a sus minusvalas fsicas sufre una frustracin existencial que ahoga visitando el Moulin Rouge, manifestando con sus pinturas el ambiente festivo que all se vive. Tras la optimista (dentro de lo que cabe) La Reina de frica, John Huston acepta el encargo de filmar una seudo-biografa del genial pintor impresionista Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, seguramente, viendo en el personaje el prototipo de su extenso repertorio de perdedores. ... Full Review

SYNOPSIS: In turn of the century Paris, aspiring poet Christian (Ewan McGregor) arrives in bohemian Montmartre, home of the famous Moulin Rouge nightclub/bar/brothel. Befriended by painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo) Christain finds himself writing a musical play that will be... ... Full Article

First it was about rhythm - hard-driving, riveting rhythm.Now it's about minuscule attention spans.It's ruining movies, or at least diminishing what should be the best parts. ... Full Article

This year we have seen many love movies like Pearl Harbor, Angel Eyes and Someone Like You , Nothing this year has there been one like this film called Moulin Rouge . ... Full Article

C hristian (Ewan McGregor) is a writer who has just moved into a squalid apartment in Paris, circa 1899.He meets diminutive artist Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who's rehearsing a play he hopes to show at the Moulin Rouge. ... Full Article