From left to right, John Leguizamo, Garry McDonald, Matthew Whittet, Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman and Jacek Koman in Moulin Rouge!
In a year of much pretentious piffle, the over-rich cake is taken by Baz Luhrmann's musical. Trying to disguise its narrative vacuity with sentiment, slam cuts and anachronistic songs, this movie made my tortured viscera beg for mercy.