The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
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,
20 Oct 2006
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,
20 Oct 2006
rotten:
It's history written with truffles.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
20 Oct 2006
rotten:
It's very pretty and occasionally amusing but also dreadfully dull for long, long stretches.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
25 Oct 2006
fresh:
Stunningly original...The masterstroke of Marie Antoinette is how Coppola connects the social order to sexual servitude.