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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (2006)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 176
Fresh: 96 | Rotten: 80

Lavish imagery and a daring soundtrack set this film apart from most period dramas; in fact, style complete takes precedence over plot and character development in Coppola's vision of the doomed queen.

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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 20

Lavish imagery and a daring soundtrack set this film apart from most period dramas; in fact, style complete takes precedence over plot and character development in Coppola's vision of the doomed queen.

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Explore the live of the woman whose name has become synonymous with the French monarchy as filmmakers explore just how one wanton sovereign set into motion the wheels of the French Revolution. From her early childhood in the powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire to her grim final hours in a French prison cell, this two-hour portrait of Marie Antoinette paints a vivid portrait of a historical figure that was as tragic as she was courageous. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.

Documentary, Drama

Feb 13, 2007

$16.0M

Sony Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Marie Antoinette

All Critics (186) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (104) | Rotten (82) | DVD (21)

It's very pretty and occasionally amusing but also dreadfully dull for long, long stretches.

October 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comments (2)
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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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.

October 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment (1)
Susan Walker
Toronto Star
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Coppola's queen experiences no inner transformation or redemption because, in this telling, she's in no need of it. She's cool to begin with.

October 20, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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With lyrical intelligence and scrappy wit, Coppola creates a luscious world to get lost in. It's a pleasure.

October 20, 2006 Comments (5)
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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This is just a lark, a heavy-handed one without the heart of even the bad histories which gave us a Marie who said (as she never did) Let them eat cake.

October 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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Dunst plays Marie Antoinette as if she's seen the future and it's Paris Hilton.

October 20, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Fragilely evanescent

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

With her third film, Sophia Coppola exhibits an annoying preference for style over substance.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The montages set to modern rock music work well, further making the heart of the story accessible to the modern viewer. However, if you need your movies to move along quickly, then Marie Antoinette is probably not for you.

August 25, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | Comment
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com Source: ReelzChannel.com

Teen queen rocks out in punk-scored biopic.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

This could be the story of Paris Hilton if she were to be married off to an impotent French Prince instead of dating meatheads armed with camcorders.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | Comment (1)
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

A visually scrumptious version of France's iconic but ill-fated Austrian-born queen, Marie Antoinette.

December 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Coppola gives us a fun new take on an old genre.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
James Plath
Movie Metropolis

Coppola successfully has made a period film that doesn't feel like a museum piece.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | Comment
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

The very antithesis of the traditional historical film, approaching its material as an accepted present.

July 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Stranger Song | Comment
Rob Humanick
Stranger Song

The DVD version of Marie Antoinette includes a smattering of mildly interesting extras.

April 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Sofia Coppola has sacrificed a compelling storyline in exchange for aimless atmospherics.

April 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

For two hours, we are treated to a display of prettiness. It's like one big elaborate meringue, delicate and intricately decorated, but without much past the surface.

April 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinematical | Comment
Jette Kernion
Cinematical

As a serious film, only an American could love Marie Antoinette. To the French, it must be gravely insulting. As an unwitting camp, it may have a great future.

March 27, 2007 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | Comment
Les Wright
culturevulture.net

You almost have to laugh and go along on the wave of ridiculousness.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: UGO | Comment
Brian Tallerico
UGO
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sofia coppola lyrical pink post-punk marzipan music-vid - eat it up, yum

April 2, 2007
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Bob Stinson

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Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Asia Argento, Marianne Faithfull, Aurore Clément, Molly Shannon, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Guillaume Gallienne, Clémentine Poidatz, Rose Byrne Director: Sofia Coppola Summary: Sofia Coppola directs a stylized portrait of

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