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I guess I could write a lot about this movie... I could write about the interesting, semi-historical-but-not-boring plot and about how gorgeous Jeremy Northam is... I could mention some great performances and how sexy Jeremy Northam looks like in that hat of his... I could even talk about Mick Jagger's cameo or Jeremy Northam's sly smile but what I really, really want to do is to set the record straight about Kate Winslet "being fat"! She was pregnant for Heaven's sake! And even if she had put on a few extra pounds, she looked normal! Besides, anorexic/bulimic bodies do not mean elegance, they mean sickness! (I guess I turned my comment into a manifesto!)

This is a complex movie made out of a simple, unfortunately sad, story. I think that transforming a basic boy-meets-girl-falls-in-love-and-one-of-them-dies plot into a masterpiece is the work of a genius, but you can't expect less from Baz Luhrmann, now can you? Ok Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor aren't exactly Julie Andrews and Frank Sinatra but the bottom line is that they gave wonderful performances, despite the singing, and they had a real chemistry between them, which is something you don't get everyday. This is the kind of movie that goes to the extremes. Either you love it or you hate it. But most important, this is a movie about love. Since nobody really understands love, don't try to understand Moulin Rouge, just feel it!

When I rented this I was expecting a funny, romantic movie and all I got was a long, long, long, boring story that not even Bill Pullman or Joan Cusack could make any better. The movie is full of scenes that will make you go "DUH", "YEWWW" and "I want my money back!". So, in case you're considering watching "Mr. Wrong", change your mind right now and forget about it. It's really not worth your time.