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Marie Antoinettehttp://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=315883It may be tempting to greet Sofia Coppola's “Marie Antoinette” with a Jacobin snarl or a self-righteous sneer, since it is after all the story of the silly teenager who embodied a corrupt, absolutist state in its terminal decadence. But where’s the fun in such indignation? And, more seriously, where is the justice? To say that this movie is historically irresponsible or politically suspect is both to state the obvious and to miss the point. “Marie Antoinette” is a thoroughly modern confection, blending insouciance and sophistication, heartfelt longing and self-conscious posing with the guileless self-assurance of a great pop song. Despite all the bodices and breeches, the horse-drawn coaches and elaborate perukes, the movie is only masquerading as a costume drama. It would be overstating the case to call it a work of social criticism, but beneath its highly decorated surface is an examination, touched with melancholy as well as delight, of what it means to live in a world governed by rituals of acquisition and display. — A. O. Scott, The New York Times
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