Why I believe she butchered a great tale

Rating: 1/10 (18 January 2007)

The music was acceptable, and the acting was acceptable. Nobody would argue that either was great and it didn't receive any nominations, despite Marie Antoinette being a very famous historical story. From the beginning, where the story was suddenly lumped in, and the entire directing was uncomfortable (her passing into France from Austria) to when she was shoe-shopping and eating a lot (which was badly placed and poorly modernised); from when she had 4 children but the film seemed to think she only had 2 (though the paintings suggested she had 3 but one died, as did happen) to when Bastille Day was ignored despite the references to it...
The historical side of things were put aside, and were based on inaccurate reports of Marie Antoinette's life. Not only that, but the music was poor, the depth of character portrayal was poor, the way that Marie Antoinette felt towards her children was not even shown and despite being a great fan of Marie Antoinette's life, and an avid reader, I can not bear to watch this film a second time.
1/10 is my rating for the film, taking into account the level of accuracy, music quality, sound quality, clearness... but perhaps I'd give it up to 4/10 if I knew nothing about her life. It is not, however, a good film.