Fresh
Stunningly original...The masterstroke of Marie Antoinette is how Coppola connects the social order to sexual servitude.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Marie Antoinette
Rumor. Scandal. Sex. Fame. Revolution.
2006 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Drama, History
Directed by
Sofia Coppola
Overview
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's very pretty and occasionally amusing but also dreadfully dull for long, long stretches.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
It's history written with truffles.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Rotten
The director squanders a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to film on the grounds and inside the Palace of Versailles. It's the trappings we get, in richly reproduced costumes and all-over gilt furniture, at the expense of any substance.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Fresh
Little happens for much of Marie Antoinette, but Coppola is a visual storyteller, and with her first big canvas she creates a giddy world at Versailles in color and light.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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