good not great

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2007)

Shedding some light on to the life of one of the most famous spenders in history, I thought this film was OK. It was interesting to see how the french royalty lived, and the decadence was amazing, but the story was a little lacking. I found myself getting a little board. I would have liked to see a little more character development, I still feel like I didn't really get to know the king and queen. The costumes and the scenery were the best part. They looked amazing, Versailles is gorgeous. All the dogs, and cakes, and just food and parties in general were so amazing, I can't imagine living like that. Also, I was confused about the affair; there didn't seem to be any sneaking around, were we just supposed to assume that the king knew a didn't care. I thought this was fairly entertaining, but with a little more of a plot it could have been much better.