Note: We feel that this movie should be rated R becuase of sexual innuendos
If somebody tells you that this is the best musical they've seen in thirty years, believe them. Not only is it the best in thirty years, but probably the best musical ever made. The computer graphics put you into a world of good magic and dream lands. It moves fast, so keep those thoughts in line with your imagination. The characters, including the French painter and lithographer, Toulouse Lautrec, were true change agents, scorned by the upper classes (the bourgeois) who looked upon them as "entertainers" rather than serious poets, painters, or actors. Love, truth, beauty, freedom, justice are the voices crying out on the edges of the societies of the world.
Moulin Rouge has had many meanings throughout the centuries, one is the red mill. Another is the red light district. There is a lot of electric red in this film–you won't want see this film sleepy. In France (and in many places) the red light district was probably the most fun place to go. In many Moulin Rouge districts of the world you will find the beatniks, the hippies, and, as this film used, the Bohemians of the world (Viva la revolution!)–artists who are trying to make changes in the world by their song, dance, theater, poetry, and writings of hope, so that people all over the world can live life to its fullest, by being real people, by allowing each other to be all that they can be, by appreciating the simple things in life and in the ultimate lesson of lessons, understanding that "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return." (Note: the Moulin Rouge still exists in Paris today.)
~Van of Urantia*MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America
