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Marie Antoinette

PG-13

Released Oct 13, 2006

2h 3m

History

Drama

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57%

218 Reviews

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56%

250,000+ Ratings

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An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.

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Critics Consensus

Lavish imagery and a daring soundtrack set this film apart from most period dramas; in fact, style completely takes precedence over plot and character development in Coppola's vision of the doomed queen.

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reka !

eu vi esse filme quando eu tava triste e por isso não prestei muita atenção, talvez eu deva rever e depois falo aqui o que eu achei

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/23

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Milagrini A

An absolute masterpiece. Sofia Coppola built an entire cosmos, the external world is an expression of the interior of the character and viceversa. Marie Antoinette is not a historical figure, she is an epiphany of the rococó, the excess, the separation between the reality of France and her royal experience. She's not just the Austrian princess, or the princess of France or the Queen, she is a teenage, half of a person created in a artificial space where the beauty and the opulence where the depression and loneliness grows like a pattern of flowers on the wallpaper. Marie Antoinette is another object in the palace where Luis XIV started the ostracism of the royals. The directions is impecable, the originals fused with the classic aesthetic of painters like Fragonard or Antoine Watteau. The details of modernism create a direct relationship between the spectator and the characters. A lot more to say, but too little space.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/23

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Esra Y

Although it's accurate some main events of Queen's life, movie misses a great opportunity to be character study and becomes just another period movie that is pretty to look at. Not that Sofia Coppola is exactly strong on character focus I still wish script was a diligent as Costume and make up design along with Art direction.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/25/23

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Dani G

Production design, good. Acting, ok. Story... plain, simple and shallow. In general? A little boring

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/23

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Ana P

This is, above all, an image over substance movie. Don't expect a typical period film, because this movie is the tale of a doomed queen in beautiful pastel color shots and a couple phrases. Its two hours are too much and its dialogue too little, but it doesn't affect the film's capacity to create compassion for a girl that has it all and doesn't know how to restrain herself, even when it's needed. Boring at times, but always stunning.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/23

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Simon D

Just when I thought I couldn't care less about the story of the french revolution, this hot mess comes along. A masterclass in creating a 'film' without any discernable attempt at acting by anyone this is, at least, a daring experiment.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/05/23

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Sofia Coppola

Director

Kirsten Dunst

Marie Antoinette

Jason Schwartzman

Louise XVI

Judy Davis

Comtesse de Noailles

Rip Torn

Louis XV

Rose Byrne

La Duchesse de Polignac

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Whatever the film's structural failings and historical gaps, it's great to see such a distinctive directorial vision coming out of Hollywood.

Apr 1, 2019

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Jonathan Romney

Independent on Sunday

...an ambitious, affecting, truly distinctive piece of work, albeit one that will tell you more about 1780s footwear than about the causes and effects of the French Revolution.

Apr 1, 2019

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Drawn from Antonia Fraser's biography - or riffing on it - this slyly seditious comedy escorts sacred verities of French history and culture to the scaffold.

Apr 1, 2019

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... a rock and roll version of history, scored entirely with pop music and reflected through Coppola’s modern sensibilities, at once compassionate and savagely critical of the kids on the throne.

Apr 8, 2023

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Marie becomes indiscreet, a party girl, drenched in the decadence of gowns, wigs, shoes, champagne and all manner of cookies and cake.. Coppola is self-aware: as a child of privileged American movie royalty with many friends in fashion...

Rated: 8/10

Aug 18, 2022

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Nuria Vidal

Fotogramas

Using Zweig's biography of Marie Antoinette and Fraser's essay on the queen, Coppola makes a risky and contemporary film that dares to look within such a complex character leaving... everything else on the other side of the walls. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/5

Jul 20, 2022

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Synopsis

An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country's queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774. Years later, after a life of luxury and privilege, Marie Antoinette loses her head during the French Revolution.

Director: Sofia Coppola
Producer: Fred Roos, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Rassam
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, RK Films, American Zoetrope
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Innuendo|Sexual Content)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.0M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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