Vatel Image
  • Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman
  • Summary: Set during the reign of France's King Louis XIV (Sands), this film portrays the events of a three-day feast prepared and conducted by Vatel (Depardieu), the king's master of entertainment.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Boldly distinctive in its depiction of individuals caught up in a veritable infernal machine designed solely to give pleasure to a monarch, Vatel is a timeless tale of love and sacrifice in a world as opulent as it is cruel.
  2. Depardieu gives the story a firm center of gravity, aided by Joffé's eye for colorful settings and period detail.
  3. 32
    Joffe's latest is a formless, inanimate lump.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. MaryD.
    10
    Vatel was a gorgeous movie and the mis en scene was gorgeous and you felt you were back in the time period. I have read a lot about the sun king and his court and this brought it vividly to life. Dapardieu, Spall and Glover were excellent in their roles but special kudos to Murray Young who played the kings brother. The critics probably were not familar with the history being shown and so gave it a low score. This is a great movie and I highly recommend it. Expand
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  2. MarstenD.
    2
    This thing blew! I was shocked to see Depardieu and Thurman in a movie that was so utterly without drama, without passion, without any kind of redeeming human quality whatsoever. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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