Boring...

Rating: 4/10 (16 April 2007)

What to say..., I found this movie essentially boring, ill-conceived, badly scripted, wrongly cast, etc. The only thing that actually worked well (and it rightly received an Oscar) was the Costume design. The film is actually a picture postcard of 18th century Versailles, nothing more...
The main problem with this movie is that it never gets us involved, there is no plot, nothing we can actually come to care for. Nothing ever really happens during the over 2 hours the movie goes on for.While watching the movie, I basically found myself all the time waiting for it to start... The relationship between the two main characters is a mystery, an analysis is never attempted, and the viewer is therefore left stranded, not caring about what happens next.
In other, I found Coppola's choice of music obnoxious, absolutely unfit for the movie. Last but not least, the ending is to say the least, ridiculous! All in all, there are much better ways to spend 2 hours, and judging by the cost of the film, various millions of dollars.