Very Brief Film Reviews: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001)

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
2001
Don Roy King (director), Leslie Bricusse (writer), Steve Cuden (writer), based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson
Starring David Hasselhoff, Coleen Sexton, Andrea Rivette


OH MY GOD DAVID HASSELHOFF

*runs away and vomits*

There's really nothing else I can say about his performance. Any aspect thereof.

This film was physically painful. The acting is atrocious. The adapted dialogue is appallingly bad. The set and costumes are derivative. And the chick he marries can't carry a tune in a bucket. I literally do not even remember if the music itself was any good because I spent the whole time writhing in agony. There isn't even any eye candy to make up for the terrible acting.

So bad it's almost hilarious...but not quite enough to spend your time actually watching it. Don't. Really, I'm serious. Even drunk. Don't.

IMDB: Jekyll & Hyde

Very Brief Film Reviews: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Moulin Rouge!
2001
Baz Luhrmann (director, writer), Craig Pearce (writer)
Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo

It took me years to see this after it first came out, but when I did, I liked it, I really did. Occasionally I wanted to smack people, but I liked it, and the more times I've seen it since, the more I've fallen in love with it.

A young man goes to Paris at the turn of the 20^th century to Be Part Of Art and falls madly in love with a dancer/prostitute who aspires to be a serious actress. Together they try to defy the odds and, in true bohemian fashion, have both Love and Art.

This is melodrama at its finest, and musicals at their finest, using well-known modern songs in new contexts. And it really is fun. Starring an anexoric Nicole Kidman and doe-eyed Ewan McGregor, both of whom are truly terrific singers and actors.

Definitely recommended.

IMDB Link: Moulin Rouge!