Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette

PG-13

2006

2h 3m

History

Drama

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An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

04/01/2019

Whatever the film's structural failings and historical gaps, it's great to see such a distinctive directorial vision coming out of Hollywood.

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Jonathan Romney

Independent on Sunday

04/01/2019

...an ambitious, affecting, truly distinctive piece of work, albeit one that will tell you more about 1780s footwear than about the causes and effects of the French Revolution.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

04/01/2019

Drawn from Antonia Fraser's biography - or riffing on it - this slyly seditious comedy escorts sacred verities of French history and culture to the scaffold.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

Jun 16

Coppola’s not interested in recreating or contextualizing or even portraying big moments in history. She’s interested in unpacking the world through a privileged young woman’s eyes and exploring how she navigates power, expectations, and betrayals.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Apr 26

2.5/4

Recommended, but with reservations.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

02/15/2025

5/10

There is a certain solemnity in its costume design and art direction, but as a biopic it barely scratches the surface and lacks narrative depth in its fable about the flamboyant monarch. [Full review in Spanish]

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Bee B

@RT66293970 Mar 11

A much better film than I actually expected, after hearing some negative opinions on it. Of course this movie is style over substance, because in many ways this is exactly how Marie Antoinette and the French court of Versailles lived, all style and very little substance. In many ways the true star of the film is Versailles itself. And what a palatial supernova it is! So much wall to wall beauty and decadence is hard to imagine when reading the history books, but here Sophia Coppola has brought it vividly to the screen. The entire thing feels almost dreamlike, a strange gilded cage for its willing prisoners. Don't watch this film as a biopic of the famous French queen, enjoy it for what it is, a glimpse of Versailles; the most extreme expression of style over substance the world has ever seen.

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Brent G

@bgillett86 Mar 9

Sofia Coppola knows more about making movies than I will ever dream to know, but why are there converse sneakers in 1770's France? If you want to make a period piece, then make a period piece, but I am not sure that's what she wanted and it just created this odd aesthetic and feel. It's not bad, it's just weird. Same thing with the modern music being used. Strange aesthetic for an otherwise good film.

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Glory K

@Ms.Glory Feb 24

This is the movie that convinced me that style CAN BE a form of substance. Yes. In this case, style is substance. And I've enjoyed the style of this unique gem upon repeated viewings.

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C P

@itsssscharlie Feb 24

this movie seems to be heavily misunderstood. Coppola is not trying to reproduce the story of an overplayed historical drama, instead she uses it as a canvas for her own aesthetic. This movie is not here to tell us a story weve heard a million times, its here to make us feel something, for what it lacks in narrative depth it makes up for in pure beauty.

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Justin T.

@blueyednomad8936 Jan 30

I thought it was great perfect portrait of Maria Antoinette!!! I like it that it was serious but yet comical.

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2000's Barbie T

@Thedoll Jan 30

One of the greatest movies of all al time. I said it.

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Synopsis

An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.

Director: Sofia Coppola
Producer: Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: American Zoetrope, RK Films, Columbia Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Innuendo|Sexual Content)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.0M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)