Eat cake!

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2007)

The picturing of a historical person can be difficult, depending on which angle the director is choosing. In this picturing of the French villain queen, Marie Antoinette, the director Sofia Coppola has chosen Antoinette's point of view, which indeed is an exciting project. During the entire movie, Marie Antoinette is described as a fragile and immature victim of the alliance between Austria and France. The movie focuses on colors, big dresses, shoes, shallow luxury and CAKE! The problem with the movie is the lack of a developing story; it is all about the clothes and colors, which is a shame, because there is a huge potential for showing a great story, which is not present a single time during the entire movie. Kirsten Dunst shines as Marie Antoinette, and gives a performance which indirectly gives us a true insight of a hollow life in luxury.
So, to get the most out of the movie, you'll have to have read the book "Marie Antoinette: The Journey", which the film is based on, or at least know the more detailed story of Marie Antoinette (which I did), and not only the world known (vicious) rumors about her.