What a waste.... Only eye candy (and limited at that)

Rating: 1/10 (17 September 2007)

Such a waste. The whole of the Château of Versailles as a backdrop for this film. Great period costumes. And then...........slow, boring, inappropriate music trying to place MA in the 21st century. It starts off well showing the difficulties of 18th Century life in the court of Versailles, but then tries to Americanize the experience of the young MA as though living in Hollywood in the Paris Hilton age. Total disgust. The plot slows down to show the ennui of the palace life and probably distorts it as well. The few accurate historic lines (recorded and repeated often in French history classes) just barely rectify the situation. KD is of course beautiful and maybe appropriate for the role but the script and music and length lose everything!