Stars: Jose Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand
A critical and box office success, Moulin Rouge is a lavish, beautifully photographed, look at the life of Toulouse-Lautrec. The supporting actors, Direction, Set Design, and even Zsa Zsa (who never looked more beautiful) are very good. Everything is great, except the story and the leading man. The story suffers from a conventional "Tortured artist" plot-line. Its artist debases himself by loving a troubled prostitute, gets over it, is rejected by a beautiful Countess, then dies from drink.
However, the major problem is Jose Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec. His Academy Award Nomination for "Best Actor" is a complete mystery. Extremely wooden, he's unable to express any change in emotion, facially or vocally. Quips/Romance/Anger - it all sounds the same. Even worse, he also plays T-L's father and is completely unbelievable.
Summary: A beautiful looking art biography, you may enjoy it if you can get past Jose Ferrer's awful, wooden performance.
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