The sets are lavish and the costumes, gorgeous, but as for everything else? Well, let's just say it's hum drum. While Sophia Coppola may have been purely trying to depict the decadence of an era and ruler, as well as the redundancy of such a royal life, as a movie, it's pretty boring. Like I said, the visual aspects of the film are beautiful, but the story is virtually non-existent and the acting is sub-par. Most of all I was disappointed because, especially after The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation, I expected more of Coppola's third writing and directing effort. Her two previous films were superb freshman and sophomore outings by any standard, and this just doesn't come anywhere close to the depth or power of those movies.
If you like watching movies for their sets and costumes, you may enjoy Marie Antoinette. But if you want insight into history, acting range, and a three-act story structure that moves a film along at a steady pace, you won't find it here.
The bottom line: Watchable
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