Moulin Rouge Review
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I started watching this movie with the mindset 'here we go, another olden day styled chick-flick in which people burst out in song for no apparent reason and end up falling in love and living happily ever after'. How wrong I was. Moulin Rouge is a captivating tale of freedom, deception and love, and for the most part I enjoyed it.
The film is set in Paris, 1899. Satine (Nicole Kidman) is a courtesan and is the main attraction at the Moulin Rouge, a high-energy nightclub. The club is filled with both the rich and bohemians, all looking for an escape from reality and to be entertained, and this is exactly what the owner, Zidler (Jim Broadbent) gives them.
However, Zidler's dream is to convert the Moulin Rouge from a somewhat tacky nightclub to a sophisticated theatre. But in order to achieve this he needs money. Satine has aspirations to become a 'real' actress, so Zidler uses this to his advantage and the agreement is made that Satine will seduce the Duke of Worcestor (Richard Roxburgh), a potential investor, and therefore he will make the 'Moulin Rouge Theatre' dream into a reality.
But the plan is thrown off course when Satine mistakes the Duke for Christian (Ewan McGregor), a bohemian poet/writer looking for work at the Moulin Rouge...