Visually stunning, but misleading film

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2020)

Marie Antoinette's story would make great movie. Unfortunately this isn't it. It fails to tell her story, glazing over her political interference and underplaying the decadence that enveloped Versailles prior to the French Revolution. But then I suppose realism wasn't high on the list of priorities judging by the scene in the palais Garnier (not built for another hundred years) and the dancing to Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees. I'm not really sure what the point actually was though, which is the problem. It does look fantastic though and I don't regret watching it.