Article: 'Marie' loses head, Coppola gets to keep hers: `MARIE ANTOINETTE' (star)(star)(star).(Movie review)

Byline: Jessica Reaves

Oct. 20--Marie Antoinette has, in popular history, been accused of frivolity, irreverence and disdain for historical precedent. Sofia Coppola's indulgent, frothy biopic will be charged with precisely these same offenses. What more could a filmmaker ask for? Coppola's third movie, reportedly in the works for many years, has finally landed in the U.S. after a rocky premiere at Cannes, where the French media reaction was, shall we say, mixed. Wags there accused the young filmmaker of taking liberties with the facts, not only of the doomed Queen's life but of French history. It's true that this sugarcoated romp doesn't take itself, or its ...

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