Dunst is wonderful in Marie Antoinette

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Steve Coogan, Judy Davis, Marianne Faithful

A stylish biography of the ill-fated French queen who lost her head – in many ways – during the Revolution.

While it’s certainly a blockbuster and while Dunst is wonderful as Marie Antoinette the problem is that the film becomes all style and very little substance.

A plus against the film might well be that the French critics booed it at its Cannes showing: they just don’t like Hollywood tackling one of their own.

Marie is portrayed as something akin to the present-day Paris Hilton, a vapid, empty-headed gadabout with no real purpose in life.

It’s a film well worth catching, Coppola’s direction is excellent … it’s just that you end up longing for more depth of character.

By the way: the lady never said “Let them eat cake!”

Star Rating: 3/5