7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
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, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
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, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict pits the ideals of love, freedom, and artistic expression, championed by a bohemian collective, against the oppressive, commodifying power of aristocratic wealth and class hierarchy. This clear alignment with anti-establishment and anti-materialistic values against a wealthy oppressor positions it as left-leaning.
Moulin Rouge! features some visible diversity within its ensemble cast, though its primary romantic leads are traditionally cast. The narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes, instead focusing on a romantic tragedy set against a backdrop of artistic freedom.
Secondary
Moulin Rouge! offers a largely positive, albeit implicit, portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through its celebratory depiction of a bohemian community. The film embraces diverse, gender-nonconforming characters as integral to its vibrant world, presenting them with dignity and without ridicule, thus creating an affirming environment for non-normative identities.
The film 'Moulin Rouge!' does not contain identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While some characters engage in gender-bending performance as part of the bohemian setting, their gender identity is not explored as transsexual within the narrative, leading to an N/A rating.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Moulin Rouge! is an original musical film that introduces its own set of characters. It is not an adaptation of a prior work with established characters whose genders were altered, nor does it feature historical figures portrayed with a different gender.
The film's primary characters are original creations, not adaptations of pre-existing figures with established races. While a historical figure, Toulouse-Lautrec, is portrayed by an actor of Colombian descent, this does not constitute a race swap under the provided definition, which excludes shifts in ethnicity or nationality where the broader racial category remains unchanged.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.5
Critic Ratings
7.5
6.6
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