Marie Antoinette

Rating: 2/10 (2 September 2006)

this movie was completely ridiculous. as much as i like Kirsten Dunst, she just didn't do it for me this time. besides the much unneeded sex and scandal, the director's complete disregard for historical facts is way out of hand. i understand that making a film requires creativity and that some artistic license can be taken, but in this instance it went too far. the costuming was, i will concede, very well done. i am sorry to be so harsh on a movie for which i had such high hopes, but there it is. another classic story completely hollywoodized with no regard for its viewer's knowledge of the truth. the director assumed that no one would know anything about Marie Antoinette and took massive liberties with it. the innocence with which Marie was portrayed was OK at the beginning, but when she progressed into a slut with no idea of how her actions would affect her people, and everyone around her attempted to keep her in the dark, i had trouble keeping my temper. anyone with any former knowledge of the story should not see this if they value history at all.