Delectable Entertainment Pastry. No Nutritional Value

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2010)

Sofia Coppola's 'Lost in Translation' was one of the better, more adult movies of the recent decade. this wasn't. this was pretty much a film for teenage girls. not much wrong with that, but not a very insightful look at history.
so Mary Ann is now one of histories good guys(or i should say girls). i find that a little dubious. i don't know if she was the cartoon villain she is sometimes made out to be, but i'm not sure she made enough worthwhile contributions to be thought of as a admirable person or any kind of role model. i don't know much about Ms.Antoinette(don't have the f--k'in time),but real history, while not necessarily vilifying the one dimensional broad, is pretty ambiguous about her.
the movie is great eye candy however, and it makes one helluva good teen flick for girls. i really thought the scene where Coppola sneaked in a pair of contemporary urban sneakers with Marie's shoe collection was extremely funny. and it was cool to hear the sounds of Bow Wow Wow's Annabel wailing over the soundtrack. and the costume design was uniformly excellent.
the film never quite lives up to it's initial opening scenes that show Marie as an innocent young kid, but heck, it had such a great supporting cast, Marianne Faithful(Mick Jagger's ex-flame),Jason Schwartzman,Asia Argento,Rip Torn,Steeve Coogan(who i love)and Molly Shannon,i couldn't help but be entertained. if you like cake(i don't especially)then enjoy.