''Let them eat cake, and let them spread it over their phallus' and lady gardens for all to enjoy.'' (Okay, so I made the last bit up). Marie Antoinette is rather a delightful film (up until the end, where we are thrown out of her world abruptly and without reason).
It's sort of like a lady. Beautiful and charming to look at. Fills you with promise and then loses steam towards the end. Women are known for not being able to fulfill the promise of their good looks, but this one (the film) does so quite literally.
It could have been such a great film about a woman who really is quite intriguing. But it wasn't. Because the director cut the damn thing too short without any explanation. Yes, I wanted to see her hang, and I wanted to know exactly why she did. Yes she was married to quite obviously a gay man who wouldn't fuck her. And yes, she drunk lots of champagne and ate the most delightful cakes as a result of her rejection, but what was she truly feeling. That's what I wanted to know and this is what was missing.
Go and watch it make up your own minds, but for such a good director, this was a film that didn't live up to her promises. I feel let down.
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