Marie-Antoinette Details

2006

Rated:
60
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Starring	Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis
Director	Sofia Coppola
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama

Marie-Antoinette

Oscar winner Sofia Coppola brings to life a fresh interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE. Kirsten Dunst plays the naive and beautiful Marie Antoinette, who is betrothed to King Louis XVI at the tender age of 14, entering an opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance and adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere of Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch.

Starring	Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis, Asia Argento
Director	Sofia Coppola
Studio	SONY PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama
Language	English, English Audio Description
Released	DVD: 26 Feb 2007 Production year: 2006
Format	DVD

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Is it possible to make a film that evokes both Barry Lyndon and National Lampoons European Vacation?... read more on Time Out
- Dave Calhoun,
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Aug 2009
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52 out of 52 people found this review helpful

Sumptuous, decadent, delicious.

To enjoy this film I think you have to understand from the outset that it's not a conventional biopic. If you're interested in Marie Antoinette as a historical figure, go look her up on Wikipedia, as this film doesn't give you a great deal in the way of a narrative of her life. It's deliberately light on names, places, and events. It's certainly no history lesson. And it ends quite perversely just as the really interesting last phase of her life begins.

But what it does give you is cake. Lots of it. Cake and costumes and chocolates and shoes and wigs and fireworks and Versailles and all night parties, all set to a fantastic soundtrack of eclectic modern pop and rock classics. It's a decadent film that delivers the atmosphere of a decadent life. Languid, indulgent, occasionally boring, occasionally debauched, frequently funny, sometimes sexy, I found the relentless eye candy mesmerising.

Not much happens, and in some ways, it's a 90 minute pop video. But it's all sumptuously hypnotic and Kirsten Dunst is terrific as the central character, without much script to work with, ably supported by Jason Schwarzmann as a humorously dopey Dauphin. To steal a line from another review I read, it's a gargantuan candyfloss of a film. If you're expecting anything more substantial than that, you'll be disappointed.
- - BH101 from Cambridge
  - Posted 26 Oct 2006 16:30
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful

WELL DONE BUT A BIT SLOW

KIRSTEN DUNST WAS VERY GOOD, BUT THIS FILM DID DRAG & THE ENDING WAS TOO ABRUPT.
- - A customer from WALES
  - Posted 04 Mar 2007 22:13
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Marie Antoinette wins Oscar for costume design
- 26 Feb 2007
While the main categories such as best actor or best director appear to garner most headlines, winners of awards such as cinematography or editing are also worth a watch. And Marie Antoinette - Sofia Coppola's luscious and poppy interpretation of the young queen's life - took home the Oscar for best costume design last night, accompanying the film's recent release on DVD. Of course, Coppola's movies are no strangers to award season, with Lost in Translation winning best screenplay in 2004 but... Read more
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