One of the best movies this year

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2006)

Sofia Coppola once again proves that she is not just leeching off of her father's legend with Marie Antoinette. Sure, some may find Marie herself annoying and a boring teenage girl, but that is exactly what Coppola is trying to convey. Many people read their history books and see that Marie was a brainless bimbo that just cared about shoes and was hated by the French. The movie gives a human side showing that she was indeed only a teenager, 14 when she was married to Louis Auguste, and was thrust into Versailles, all alone, knowing not a single person. Even the scene when she has to wake up and endure the marathon of getting ready just shows the ridiculous amount of tradition that no teenager should have to be subjected to. She was bored in an isolated palace with few friends, and so she resorted to the little frivolous pleasures that she could take advantage of.
The one thing people fail to recognize is that the movie is not a story about the French Revolution, the ancieu regime or anything you could simply learn in an encyclopedia. The movie is named Marie Antoinette because that's what it's about. So deal with it. If you came into it expecting to see the Bastille stormed, sorry, Marie didn't really have a lot to do with that. And as for the small inaccuracies, no period piece is completely accurate. It's the story that counts, and Coppola definitely succeeds at that.
Basically, the movie is visually gorgeous, the acting is awesome, and the soundtrack is pure genius. If you can't feel the emotion and the beauty of the movie, you should check your pulse.