A Very American Movie

Rating: 6/10 (28 October 2006)

Good soundtrack, good eye candy.
This film would have benefited - greatly - from scripted dialog and more editing. It was obvious the director was driving at creating an atmosphere of a naive teenaged European monarchy and its trappings. But it was heavy handed to the point of ponderous in that regard. The casual language and rocky improvisation by the main characters came off more sloppy or "in your face cool" than anything, in my opinion. I am not surprised it was booed in Cannes, since it's patently American.
That said, it was generally fun to watch and marie antoinette's story was credible.