so cool; you get it or you stick to documentaries.

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2007)

This is a ground-breaking and modern film. Coppola has created a film that is original and clever, removing baroque music and the French language to humanise Marie Antoinette and bring the whole scene out of the documentary world. The clothes are fantastic, the music extremely original; it is all just a vision of a world of wealth and fun. So many people have said that "oh, I don't like the different accents", but why should they all have French accents or posh British accents (mind you, there's no Cockney)? Kirsten Dunst's accent has been used to humanise Marie Antoinette from a woman of history into a girl of our modern age; it subconsciously clicks in one's head that this Versailles is not a history book, this Versailles is a dream world. Everything is an eclectic mix of the past and of contemporary life. It is SO COOL, that you either are conservative and stick to the BBC pride and Prejudice documentary style, or you dare to break the rules and indulge in Coppola's avant-garde invention. You either get it, or you don't. THE MOST ORIGINAL FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN.