I Love this movie. You don't just watch all of the eye candy, you experience it.

"Moulin Rouge" is a musical, something that you don't see often in today's multiplexes. Baz Luhrmann who directed a smashing rendition of "Romeo & Juliet" by taking an old story and putting today's music together to make give generation X a dose of Shakespeare. Now he has given the movie going public a musical to sink its collective teeth into.

Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor play the star crossed lovers in this film. The story takes place in 1899 Paris, in the famed Moulin Rouge, a nightclub for the rich to get in touch with their more raucous sides. Kidman is Satine, the dancer everyone comes to see, she will also give you a little extra if you give her what she wants. McGregor is Christian a writer looking to write a novel but he gets dropped in upon and suddenly is talked into writing his first stage show.

That is the set up, throw in a love story with seduction, lies, blackmail and oh yeah love. This film is very romantic and like all good plays it has a bit of tragedy involved.

The actors have few spoken lines, they sing the rest. Luhrmann has put together what ends up being a classic Hollywood love story with music videos and has come up with a way to bring the musical back.

I felt like I was watching a play in an auditorium, I wanted to applaud after each scene. I didn't want it to end. I can only assume that there will be a lot of high schools through out the country who will be putting on "Moulin Rouge" as their school plays.

Kidman and McGregor pull off the singing very well, they sings songs made famous by the likes of Elton John, Wings, Madonna, Nirvana, Marilyn Monroe, U2, KISS, Phil Collins, Sting and a touch of the Sound Of Music.

This somewhere down the road could turn into a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" type event film. I have the feeling that the people who like this film will want to see it again and would like to sing along with the film.

This movie is not for everyone, if you don't like musicals then don't go see it. If you do like them then make your way to the theater, watch the movie, and my guess is your next stop will be the local music store to buy the soundtrack.