'' People '' magazine 's movie critic , Leah Rozen , wrote in her wrap-up of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival that , " The absence of political context ... upset most critics of '' Marie Antoinette '' , director Sofia Coppola 's featherweight follow-up to '' Lost in Translation '' . Her historical biopic plays like a pop video , with Kirsten Dunst as the doomed 18th century French queen acting like a teenage flibbertigibbet intent on being the leader of the cool kids ' club . " American film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars out of four . He stated that , " every criticism I have read of this film would alter its fragile magic and reduce its romantic and tragic poignancy to the level of an instructional film . This is Sofia Coppola 's third film centering on the loneliness of being female and surrounded by a world that knows how to use you but not how to value and understand you . " American film critic for MSN , Dave McCoy , described it as being a great satire : The film 's critical reception in France was generally positive . It has an aggregate score of 4/5 on the French cinema site AlloCiné , based on 21 reviews from professional critics . In the French trade journal , '' Le Film Francais '' , a third of the critics gave it their highest rating &mdash; " worthy of the Palme d'Or . " Film critic Michel Ciment similarly rated it as worthy of the Palme d'Or
2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
Marie Antoinette (2006 film)