'Marie Antoinette' poignant look at a woman used

From: Daily Breeze | Date: October 20, 2006| Author: ROGER EBERT | Copyright information

Ten things that occurred to me while watching "Marie Antoinette."

1. 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. It shows Coppola once again able to draw notes from actresses who are rarely required to sound them.

2. Kirsten Dunst is pitch-perfect in the title role, as a 14-year- old Austrian princess who is essentially purchased and imported to the Fren...

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