Coppola films solitude like no other, and when that is done using the French teen queen as a metaphor for our society, that is done even more brilliantly. An art film that is an exercise in pop culture.

I was surprised by this film. I hadn't expected it to be as good as it was. I had heard that it was set to modern music, had seen the bright pink ads, had seen the previews. All of which pointed to a, dare I say, adolescent approach to...
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I was surprised by this film. I hadn't expected it to be as good as it was. I had heard that it was set to modern music, had seen the bright pink ads, had seen the previews. All of which pointed to a, dare I say, adolescent approach to history.
I was definitely wrong.
This period piece will have a lasting and enduring quality to it because of the very slight modernization playing on behind the scenes. In fact it appears to me that this was to highlight the youth of Antoinette, the frivolity of her youth, and the natural decadence afforded the royalty of France at the end of the monarchy.
Coppola's approach is bordering on genius, because it touches the roots and metaphorically gives the audience a deeper and more relished understanding of the life of the last queen of France. Albeit, this story's accuracy is questionable, but that's not the point.
Dunst shocked me as well. Not since her youthful career has she put so much into a part. We get to see her grow up in a sense over the course of the film, settling into a path and finding focus.
This humanization of Marie Antoinette should do good to lessen the blow of her beheading, and the ugly historical context we've grown to see her in.
The sets are beautiful. The wardrobe amazing. Even the size of the crowds (extras aren't cheap!) are nicely done.
In the end, Sofia Coppola outdid her self.
Hopefully she took the cast and crew out for French Pastries and candy when it wrapped. If She did, I'll give the movie another star!!

wow I think this was a very cute movie i really enjoyed it i just think the end could have been better i wanted toi see her get her head cut off

Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette? I thought so too. But after seeing this movie, Kirsten Dunst was pretty decent, but I was disappointed at the lack of accent. (Everybody seemed to be either British or French, but the queen is American.)
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Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette? I thought so too. But after seeing this movie, Kirsten Dunst was pretty decent, but I was disappointed at the lack of accent. (Everybody seemed to be either British or French, but the queen is American.)

I'm not a big fan of historical movies, The New World was the only one that I like, but Marie Antoinette is a close second. The story moved at the right pace and you could really feel Marie's emotions. Sofia Coppola captured the doomed queen's angst perfectly. I just thought that Marie Antoinette seemed too modern, like she was based on one of Hollywood's starlets.

In the end, I realized that Marie wasn't a bad person, she was just somebody who was forced to grow too fast. She didn't set any limits for herself because nobody taught her too. Her life moved at a fast pace and in the end, she had to pay for it.