You just have to see it in the right light

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2009)

I've just seen this movie, and really liked it. I understand that it is not a historical movie in its essence, so people should not watch it looking for a biography of Marie Antoinette. I think the movie really allows us to see (I'm risking the cliché) a queen as a real person, and to connect her actions to ours today. After all she was a very young queen in a cotton candy world. The costumes and scenarios have an amazing twist to it, adding to the idea that this is a metaphorical movie, and I think it accomplishes its function - to entertain and to give people images of dream and joy and candy and shoes and pastel colors and...rock and roll! So if you don't take it too serious and you just watch it lightly not thinking too much about the history, you can really see and enjoy the person inside a young queen. In all, a very bold and intelligent option made by Sofia Coppola, that has to be understood for just what it is.