Some different teenage angst! Touching and original.

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2006)

Original, touching and surprisingly humorous account of the famed and ill-fated young Queen of France; definitely with some new touches, such as a rock-pop soundtrack... Out of place? Wrong way to do it? Well, if director Sofia Coppola hadn't made it this way, she probably would've been accused of yet another stale period & costume- piece with nothing new added. Well, this IS new! And needless to say, it's visually gorgeous and nicely acted.
I must admit that at first, I was annoyed by the limited narrative perspective of her life. I felt trapped. Then it hit me: the claustrophobic feel is due to the fact that it has to be. This is Antoinettes POV all along- Versailles is a prison, set as a farce of etiquette codes, and her marriage is a lifetime sentence, that says: get pregnant or be gone! Some different teenage angst...
6 out of 10 from Ozjeppe