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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

2006
Drama
History
2h 3m
Sofia Coppola brings to the screen a fresh interpretation of the life of legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette, France's most misunderstood monarch. (Sony)
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Marie Antoinette

2006
Drama
History
2h 3m
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Rated 24 Apr 2008
76
70th
Hardly the mess its made out to be. The movie isn't really about anything, and historically important happenings take a backseat to high class decadence. ...but that's the point. The cast is great, the soundtrack is killer, and the visuals are lush. Coppola is unafraid to let a shot linger until we've truly absorbed every detail, and on none more so than the very last. It's the perfect ending, a fitting comment that never says a word. It's a slow movie, but moments like that are pure perfection.
Rated 08 Feb 2018
5
91st
An object lesson in film's ability to convey complex, contradictory feelings. Forget the soundtrack or the lavish production design, which renders the era in gaudy, confectionary pastels; it's the casting that's most startling, not least Jason Schwartzman's ineffectual Louis XVI. Yet for all its satire of aristocratic pomposity, there's an undeniable glamour to the monarchy's idyllic lifestyle, and the tragedy of Marie's own circumstance is not entirely swept away by righteous revolution.
Rated 14 Jan 2009
100
96th
Coppola's most misunderstood and unfairly maligned film, and the one that I think will be most reassessed by cineastes in years to come.
Rated 06 Aug 2014
75
30th
Off the charts brilliant casting; at some point everything looks like a confection. If this came out in 1995, it would have slayed.
Rated 27 Jul 2007
11
51st
any film that manages to make kirsten dunst look hot as she does in this must involve some manner of terrifying black magic
Rated 07 Dec 2008
50
40th
I am not a big fan of Sofia. Also I guess I wasn't as bored as most. The movie has a problem with pacing. There are many topics lying around, begging to progress, just for a moment Sofia takes that direction, in the next scene she returns back to pretty looking nothing. One would think comtemporary songs should give M.A. a dynamic like Luhrmann movies. That moments quickly get lost along with others.
Rated 08 Apr 2007
57
14th
Coppola is so focused on creating a contemporary context for Marie Antoinette's life -- intentional anachronisms, modern speech and mannerisms, hip soundtrack, unorthodox casting choices -- that she forgets to imbue her film with emotional content. It plods along, going "Check it out! A song by Gang of Four!Converse sneakers! Asia Argento!" but rarely gives you a reason to care about what's happening. And Dunst really does kinda suck as an actress.
Rated 10 Apr 2007
74
64th
I think it gives a very nice view of the 18th century. All the protocols and the pressure of arranged marriages. Of course the cinematography is great. (would you expect annything else from Coppola??) But still , it's difficult to make a coherent film from such a long period. Overall a pretty good movie, but not as good as Lost in Translation.
Rated 12 Dec 2008
60
34th
Good music, weak story.
Rated 19 Apr 2013
50
47th
Marie Antoinette isn't a complete disaster, if only because its style almost makes it worth seeing, but due to the content being so dull and the main performances being so uninteresting, it's really hard to recommend it. The loneliness of its lead is well-communicated, and the film looks fantastic -- it's also moderately funny, so there's that, too -- but I'm not sure how worthwhile a more "modern" take on the pre-Revolution story of Marie's life truly is.
Rated 19 Nov 2008
80
91st
Beautiful movie with nice pictures of Versailles, pretty costums and the music was also good. It's a pity we didn't see the horrible end of her life, nevertheless a great movie.
Rated 01 Feb 2020
97
94th
Utterly charming and captivating costume drama finds Coppola pulling off an anachronistic but credible portrait, fired by Dunst's wonderful central performance, and backed by a perfect support cast all playing to the grotesqueries of their characters. Very funny at times, especially during the daffy absurdities of royal life, while not neglecting the roiling tragedy to come in the final act. Capped by resplendent costume and set design which makes this seductive world one to luxuriate in.
Rated 21 Jun 2008
87
48th
Extremely underrated due to lack of plot probably, this film is like a little haiku about a precious human life like any other, but which happens to be the life of this particular person, a life of very unusual circumstances. Daring use of pop music works beautifully, imbuing the film with an electrifying air of youth and nostalgia simultanously (or at least for those who have strong associations with Coppola's chosen songs, like myself).
Rated 30 May 2020
79
70th
Stylish and oh so awkward!
Rated 12 Jan 2007
93
94th
A beautiful film, filled with drama and absurdist humour. Superb sublime performances from Dunst (usually terrible) and Schwarztman. The soundtrack is perfect, matching the atmosphere of the film.
Rated 08 Sep 2007
83
29th
A failure, but not without interest. Great settings and costumes and Kirsten Dunst's performance is skillful in the way it elicits the audience's sympathy. Yet Coppola makes some really awful mistakes as a director: the score is one of the worst I've ever heard, and the the audience never gains a sense of the broader issues shaping Antoinette's (and France's) destiny. The film ends abruptly, before her beheading, leaving the audience divided between "Why?" and "Huh?"
Rated 09 Dec 2010
55
43rd
Ok, there is the daring soundtrack, there is the beautiful costumes. But Sofia forgot about the characters, forgot about the story.
Rated 21 Aug 2012
20
17th
Shallow, boring pseudohistory for teenagers.
Rated 01 Feb 2017
4
74th
A 1980s teen melodrama transposed into Ancien Regime intrigue, daring to sympathize one of history's great villains, certainly at the expense of academic accuracy, but rendered with immediacy, relatability, and exuberance in its adoption of non-classical form.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
15
11th
Seriously misjudged, lightweight crap. Totally charmless and a waste of a talented cast. Massive swing and a miss from Coppola.
Rated 12 Jan 2009
10
15th
Snaggletooth was atrocious. It is as historically inaccurate as a film can be without aliens.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
95th
A hermetical masterpiece. Coppola takes our period-piece expectations and shatters them, concentrating instead on emotional impressionism as biography. It works.
Rated 16 Feb 2007
58
48th
The first hour is fresh, pretty, sad, funny and touching. The second hour is flabby, adolescent, uninsightful and overly predictable. It depresses me that Coppola screwed up something that was really going somewhere at first. More flaws: the soundtrack is obnoxious new-wave rock that's completely out of place, and Kirsten Dunst is a hateful douchebag. Aside from Asia Argento, the main cast is unimpressive.
Rated 10 Apr 2012
93
90th
I love it when a director takes a huge risk in making a movie and it succeeds on every front, especially a period piece. Coppola takes some liberties with the history (and adds a few anachronisms), but all with purpose. The soundtrack was surprising, yet absolutely fitting. Dunst and Schwartzman had great performances. Loved the cinematography, sets, costumes, art design. Everything flowed really well. I think you get how much I loved this movie...
Rated 22 Feb 2007
95
89th
After three viewings (Shut up!) I am fully convinced this is a masterpiece. Dunst is stunning with her portrayal of Marie Antoinette, her face able to convey so many different emotions at the exact same time (I reference the second opera scene here) and Coppola completely overhauls the stereotypes of both Marie Antoinette and the period piece. It demands to be viewed multiple times, and it rewards with something new each and every time.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
45
22nd
Tries way too hard to be hip. I had high hopes for this one and it could have been really good, but it seemed like the main focus was to have a "cool" soundtrack and appeal to 15-year-old girls. And really? Kirsten Dunst was your best choice?
Rated 13 Feb 2009
91
84th
I was skeptical at first, but she did it again!
Rated 27 Sep 2015
88
50th
~3
Rated 09 Mar 2007
48
33rd
Pretty, but airy and utterly worthless.
Rated 16 Jul 2019
50
20th
Glacial to the point where Coppola's usually fascinating auteurism starts to wear thin at times, but still invigorated with a banging soundtrack and an attention to aesthetic that elevates it above the usual period drama dreck.
Rated 11 Oct 2007
2
0th
couldnt even finish watching the movie.
Rated 20 Apr 2009
92
91st
Severly Underrated.
Rated 16 Dec 2010
60
53rd
Not Sofia Coppola's best by a long shot. Tension is kind of forgotten about and it last 45 minutes longer than it should have. Yet there were some great shots, Dunst gave a great performance, and is Schwartzman ever not enjoyable?
Rated 18 Jan 2015
0
0th
this was like watching a commercial for toilet paper, but it's 2 hours long.
Rated 12 Feb 2012
7
67th
The insufferable rococo era, where the highest form of conversation is gossip and everything looks like cotton candy. Thank god the revolutionaries burned it to the ground. About the film's production values, photography, costumes, aesthetics: it's phenomenal, all of it.
Rated 06 Oct 2009
65
43rd
I only liked the way it looked, and the music, but the story line and the dialogue were both pretty rubbish.
Rated 09 Nov 2014
83
58th
Great portrayal of aristocratic shallowness and frivolity, awesomely teamed with modern elements. Plus, i don't believe i've ever seen such a gorgeous display of pastels on film.
Rated 02 Mar 2017
75
59th
as roupas maravilhosas, os doces enfeitados e a kirsten dunst, o que pode dar errado
Rated 24 Mar 2023
85
76th
Yes, I wish Marie Antoinette was a little bit meatier, but I can't really complain when stylistically it's so excellent. Sofia Coppola just gets it. Outside of the true master that is Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola is one of the best at knowing how to create a really fucking cool aesthetic/vibe for her films. This might just have my favorite soundtrack of any movie. The moment when Louis XVI is crowned king and "Plainsong" by The Cure plays is simply perfection.
Rated 29 Oct 2011
85
79th
This film is such a great period piece to perceive. I love the fact that the narrative has little impact on any of the mundane things that happen throughout.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
62
42nd
If you can accept critically-acclaimed, but mostly historically inaccurate and somewhat anachronistic, films like Jesus Christ Superstar, Gladiator, and Braveheart, perhaps you might be able to cut Marie Antoinette the slack necessary, allowing the artistic license to properly engage you as a story about a young girl struggling to find herself.
Rated 28 May 2020
70
62nd
Coppola's MTV-style rendition (quite literally, there's barely a moment without a song playing) of Marie Antoinette's life looks amazing, and I could watch Kirsten Dunst bumble through French aristocracy all day long. But with all the colors and music, it becomes hard to actually see the person that Coppola wanted to show.
Rated 30 Sep 2010
65
24th
Pretty rough rating. I saw this in my film class, but me and my friend kept riffing it so much that we pissed off the girl sitting next to us. Could've done with more references to Libra pads and MySpace.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
40
19th
I don't know if it is Dunst's fault, or the script, but I found this movie to be quite boring.
Rated 18 May 2008
85
72nd
I really liked this movie, and I thought the use of modern music was clever and successful.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
71
42nd
Visually very pleasing, I enjoyed watching this movie. I also liked the fact that despite being set in 18th century France, the movie felt fresh and modern. However the story and acting are just about average; I also think it takes too many liberties with its overtly positive portrayal of this very controversial historical character.
Rated 21 Aug 2012
95
93rd
It takes 18th-century France and infuses it with a post-punk aesthetic and the result is a colorful, exciting, endlessly fascinating film. Kirsten Dunst is phenomenal and Jason Schwartzman is like perfect casting.
Rated 01 May 2021
70
75th
Sofia Coppola is without a doubt the leading tediumologist of our time. But her films always run the risk of becoming themselves what they try to depict: a giant vapid slog. The thematic material here though seems the perfect counterbalancing fit. What a blast!
Rated 09 Aug 2010
55
67th
Disappointed in the ending. No really.
Rated 18 Oct 2012
46
48th
This starts with an interesting premise, but failed to explore it deeply enough. Coppola starts with the fact that Marie Antoinette was a teenager taken from inside one comfortable bubble and placed in another, more hostile one, and had no choice in the matter. And? You won't find much of an answer here, except on a very personal level that might be hard for the underprivileged to relate to.
Rated 10 Aug 2022
60
26th
Kirsten Dunst played this part well but I think I was expecting more from this and definitely from Coppola.
Rated 04 Dec 2006
76
46th
Very sympathetic movie not trying to be a historical epos. Not as great as Coppola's Lost in Translation though.
Rated 29 Aug 2009
67
52nd
soundtrack made it look cheap.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
55
22nd
It looks wonderful, and I love what Coppola is going for here (disregarding historical information to focus more on mood instead, the understanding viewpoint of the titular person, how personal the film is). Unfortunately I also find the film thoroughly unengaging, the anachronisms are too infrequent to work well and the film lacks the emotional content needed to make it (and its personal content) leave any real impression.
Rated 19 Sep 2011
37
44th
#11#, story, dir Coppola, Kirsten D.
Rated 17 Jul 2012
79
66th
On a purely visual level, this film is stunning, a true masterpiece. In countless sumptuously-filmed scenes, Sofia Coppola's mastery of light usage shows her music video roots; meanwhile the dazzling, opulent, decadent array of costumes, hairdos, accessories, sets and locations truly puts high art spectacular into period drama, livening up a dull genre no end. It's 1776 viewed with a 2006 colour palette and Vogue stylists. However, in narrative structure terms, the film is nigh on unwatchable.
Rated 10 Aug 2012
70
49th
Netflix
Rated 27 Jan 2010
82
52nd
I don't think this quite works, but it comes close. Many of the scenes are gorgeous and some of the dialogue is witty.
Rated 24 Jun 2007
85
79th
This movie gets a bump for sentimental association with a trip to Versailles.
Rated 05 Jul 2014
70
54th
A biopic of her life that doesn't end with her beheading would have been boring, but the loud, colorful style of the film bridges that era to a modern audience. You can't help but compare her to modern world leaders, those that are charismatic and naive, and bring waste and ruin to their countries thanks to excessive decadence and self-absorbed worldviews.
Rated 03 Dec 2010
60
47th
At some point there are so many pretty things and perfect cinematography and macaroon cookies that these things become kind of undersirable andexhausting. It's interesting but not exactly enjoyable.
Rated 19 Feb 2007
100
96th
This film has persuaded me to watch every Sophia Coppola film that she ever makes for the entirety of her career. Yes, I love it that much. Lost in Translation is also very good, but Marie Antoinette as a direct followup to Lost in Translation successfully packs such a one-two punch that Coppola's pretty much earned my loyalty for life. It doesn't matter if she never makes another good movie. I'll watch just for glimpses of the genius that we found in these two films.
Rated 04 Feb 2021
60
8th
I remember the soundtrack.
Rated 09 Mar 2014
100
90th
floral, girly, airy, bright, inspiring. one of my all time favorites. grab a glass of champagne, some dark chocolate, and relax!
Rated 12 Jul 2017
75
64th
A visual treat punctuated with the silences that Coppola is known for. This film is about the solitary nature of a woman constrained in a situation she has no power over.
Rated 10 Oct 2012
74
42nd
Worth watching if not for the very interesting plot then for the amazing costume, photography and scenario.
Rated 16 Jan 2022
3
73rd
Sympathetic and interesting. The boredom surely being a big part of the point.
Rated 22 Jun 2016
80
78th
Originale, con fotografia e costumi veramente belli. Per me che amo il periodo storico e il personaggio aveva inoltre un valore aggiunto
Rated 13 Nov 2008
79
54th
the cinematography was pretty :)
Rated 17 Jul 2017
64
20th
Good cinematography =/= Good set & costume design. Everything is shot in an ugly, overly high-key and overly diffusive light that flattens the image and makes it all so two-dimensional and uninteresting -- Coppolla's command of the image in 'The Bling Ring' nearly a decade later represents a telling What-If had 'Antoinette' come out at that point of creative evolution, instead. Didn't care enough about the rest of this to delve into its historicity or gender politics.
Rated 01 Oct 2017
8
80th
A visual killer and your ears are up for an equal treat also. May come off bombastic yet Dunst screamed emotionally invested to me.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
18th
Anachronistic soundtrack clashes too much with the French court surroundings (otherwise, one of the best compilations ever). The film is too light and short on the politics of it's day to be really interesting, just decadent.
Rated 01 Nov 2009
72
43rd
Sometimes it seems like the long scenic shots take away from more informative dialog, but in the end, I think many people misunderstand the stylistic choices. It's a take-it-for-what-it-is style of story-telling. Instead of the characters telling us what's happening, we just see it unfold. Interesting and beautiful. Momentum slows down in second half and then quickly wraps it up.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
87th
Aims low, but hits the mark perfectly.
Rated 23 Mar 2009
92
86th
Best of Sofia Coppola, by far. Screw the haters, this movie is wonderful on both sides of the coin.
Rated 17 Feb 2008
80
20th
I wanted to love this SO MUCH, but i didn't. I loved the look and the music, but the acting and storyline just didn't connect.
Rated 18 Feb 2008
20
7th
Saw 20 minutes, during which time 12 words or so were uttered. I returned it to the video store unwatched.
Rated 13 Dec 2013
78
71st
I'm a fan of Sofia Coppola, and she does a decent job in this film. Course, it doesn't hurt that the entire movie focuses on an actress I've been wanting to stick my dick into since 1995 (I was 12, so I can say that, right?).
Rated 21 Oct 2013
18
12th
Huge potential, squandered. The much of the music is indy-rock trash that doesn't fit the period at all. And while Schwartzman manages to not be completely awful, his performance is entirely bland. Shot selection is often poor, and there is no sense of scale at all. Perhaps the most important problem: If you are hoping to see a guillotine or the dauphine's head in a basket as per the historical record, sorry but Sofia Coppola doesn't think that's worth having in a film about Marie Antoinette.
Rated 02 Jul 2008
45
18th
Mind-numbing.
Rated 04 Oct 2020
80
55th
Not a very fun film, in spite of its adoption of a very twee 'chick flick' tone, but an exceptionally pretty one.
Rated 05 Oct 2013
59
21st
59.000
Rated 11 May 2007
75
74th
Wow, was this a personal film or what? A chronicle of lost youth and the burden of expectations placed too soon on the young, the constraints of gossip and thoughtless adherence to ritual and the nostalgia that burgeons despite it all.
Rated 02 Nov 2008
46
33rd
Beautiful, but lacking sophistication.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
70
54th
Surprisingly good.
Rated 06 Feb 2023
5
57th
Like the entire first half of this movie is 24 year old Kirsten Dunst struggling to convince an uninterested Jason Schwartzman to fuck her over the course of years. Them Spider-Man movies she was in were more grounded and realistic than that. Set design and costuming and food photography all very impressive, though there’s a limit on how much Renaissancey soirées and dinners I can take before ennui sets in. Ending was reasonably effective, leaving much to the imagination.
Rated 11 Aug 2008
30
16th
As much as I love Sofia Coppola, I just couldn't dig this one. Might be the casting choices that blew it for me.
Rated 21 May 2011
47
22nd
meh
Rated 26 Dec 2011
80
61st
I'm such a sucker for S. Coppola's movies.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
25
24th
boring and weird.
Rated 06 Aug 2021
86
84th
2014.2.1/????????????
Rated 01 Jan 2011
84
81st
Lush and full of color. Nicely filmed, great acting, and awesome music. Coppola is fantastic in her choice of music.
Rated 04 Oct 2020
76
72nd
Fransa, Avusturya, Kraliyet, Evlilik, Tarihi, Prenses, Kraliçe, Kral, Fransız İhtilali, Versay - SPOILER Marie Antoinette'nin Fransiz sarayına gelin gitmesini, eşiyle ilişkilerini (aldatmasını), müsrifliğini, partilerini vs. anlatiyor. SAKİN bir film. Bir kaç müstehcen sahne var.
Rated 02 Jul 2008
70
57th
It's an odd, film and has some really absurd parts, but as they say "That is Versaille."
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
80th
Beautiful film. The soundtrack does not detract from the experience as much as you would imagine. Could have used a bit more length.
Rated 31 Oct 2010
62
15th
Sofia Coppola's approach is brave and admirable. Being rather indifferent towards historical facts, she directs an original period piece which lets mood and athmosphere overshadow the historical narrative. It becomes a personal story of a person who, like Charlotte and Bob in LiT, is completely lost in a strange and alien environment. While I love the idea behind it, it doesn't work that well. It's disinterest in story makes it incoherent and some of the dreamy scenes feel a bit too tacky.
Rated 28 May 2011
80
66th
A really muted style, digged it. A lot of critics complained about style over substance, but I didn't really agree with that. I thought Marie Antoinette's character was incredibly well developed due to the film's narrow focus.
Rated 09 Nov 2010
85
33rd
parasitic nobility
Rated 28 Feb 2012
79
63rd
The soundtrack is so surprising and great! Fancy ball people dancing to Siouxsie and the banshees - AMAZING :D
Rated 26 Feb 2017
4
77th
filmen är en orgie i färg, form och filmmusik. bakelser och tyll flödar. mitt i detta finns en ensam flicka, men jag tycker hon blir lite bortglömd ibland. kanske är det kirsten dunst, medan jag KÄNDE med scarlett så betraktar jag bara kirsten. ändå en njutningsbar film och en av de få där en gymnasieklass som sitter längst bak och fnissar faktiskt inte stör filmupplevelsen.

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