Marie Antoinette

Rating: 4/10 (9 March 2007)

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette is a true story of an Austrian princess married to a French prince, and Marie's growth from a young innocent girl to one who observes the new royal family cultural with curiosity and fun. How internal politics surrounding her evolves and changes her personality and brings her to grief, happiness and love comprise the rest of the story.
The venture is different and unusual.
The story line of Marie Antoinette  played very well by Kirsten Dunst - had the scope to be presented more dramatically, but the director Sofia Coppola is more interested to show the aesthetic side of royal life  by a series of photographic gourmet of dishes, dresses, and design etc. that she looses the purpose of telling an engrossing tale in movie's format. What it results in the audience is only intermittent level of interests with loads of boredom through catalogue photographic images of designs. People with a great aesthetical sense would love this movie and bear the breaks in story line. The musical score is contemporary and for me did not suit the mood and senses of 15th century Europe. But that is Director's prerogative to be courageous and at times outrageous in deciding to choose what they want to show their audiences.
I liked the casting of the movie that matched the characterization. Most of the actors have performed well.
(Stars 3.5 out of 10)