Moulin Rouge

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Moulin Rouge

PG-13

2001

2h 6m

Musical

Drama

Romance

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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 (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman).

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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.

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Sep 5, 2023

3.5/4

Moulin Rouge is an audacious, snappy visual and emotional feast of dishes both familiar and fresh.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Sep 5, 2023

Kidman and McGregor sparkle together; some songs enchant, a fine supporting cast give us some laughs, but it's not enough. There is nothing to savour, to reflect on. It's a film where style is in search of an idea.

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sep 5, 2023

3.5/4

Ultimately, the human component of Moulin Rouge is dwarfed by director Luhrmann's outlandish visuals and virtuoso use of music. It's unlikely that any other film this year will offer such a feast for the senses.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 20, 2024

A-

The story is filled with heartache, romance, jealousy and life...while some of it gets a little dull in the middle, overall it’s Luhrmann at his best.

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Patricia Karounos

Refinery29

Oct 23, 2023

Baz Luhrmann makes sure that everything that comes before the tragic ending is gleaming with beauty and lavishness.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Sep 7, 2023

This movie is super strange and the only explanation to its strangeness is that it works in seven or eight different ways, some of them good and some of them bad. [Full review in Spanish]

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Elizabeth C

May 23, 2026

The movie was great one of my favorites, but the seats at the Irvine spectrum regal are the worst ever I had the worst neck pain I had to go into my Chiropractor the next day.

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Dennis L

Feb 14, 2026

If you have the chance to see this on the big screen, DO NOT MISS IT!

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captain g

Sep 24, 2024

drove over 30 miles to watch this movie, truly Spectacular Spectacular! It's beautiful, it's divine, and above all things, it's lovely.

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Makayla G

@makattacklovesmovies 3 days ago

Campy classic for the hopeless romantic who loves to suffer. One of my favorite films of all time.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 19, 2026

Moulin Rouge = a *4.5* star Movie!

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Pat B

@RT67592582 Aug 28, 2026

What a fun movie! Truly original - despite being La Bohème on MDMA - this movie manages the perfect balance of humour and real sadness. Who can watch Nicole and Jim sing The Show Must Go On without feeling that slightest quiver in their hearts? This is Baz Luhrmann at his peak, before his sad missteps over the past quarter century (Australia, Great Gatsby, and Elvis). By throwing dull narrative conventions out the window, he can inject such joyous moments as Richard Roxburgh pausing mid-French exit as a gun cheekily lands just metres behind him, or that equally riotous performance of Like a Virgin with Broadbent. This movie captures much of the spirit of the Belle Époque, or at least its modern interpretation, and does it with such abandon that you'd be cold-hearted indeed not to love it, if only for what it says about love itself.

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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 (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman).

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Producer: Fred Baron, Martin Brown
Screenwriter: Craig Pearce
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Bazmark Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.4M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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