The French Hate Marie Antoinette

May 25, 2006 Comments

After a press screening at Cannes on Wednesday, the hotly anticipated Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola was received with heavy booing and some light applause. It seems that the follow-up to Lost in Translation might not be the critical darling it was hoped to be. Or that the French are so jealous of our armies, spreading of freedom, and NASCAR racers, they're taking it out on our films. Low blow, Frenchies. Low blow.

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