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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and some violence
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Glover, and Julian Sands
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.
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Jeanne Labrune
Tom Stoppard (English adaptation) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Roland Joffé |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 7, 2001 Video: August 7, 2001 Theatrical: December 25, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 117 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | France / UK |
Received a 2001 Oscar nomination for art direction.
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The average user rating for this movie is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mary D. gave it a10:
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.
Marsten D. gave it a2:
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.
c.g. gave it a6:
Not bad... not as bad as they say here, anyway. Beautiful period piece that just loses the plot in the last 10 minutes. Anti-Hollywood does not mean someone has to die either. With better conflict resolution this would have soared. Without it, it is lovely, but ultimately unfulfilling.
Jim R. gave it a 10:
lavish movie. I could watch it every day.
Dave S. gave it an 8:
A very entertaining and lush production. I really loved the depraved depiction of the Sun King and his court. The huge descrepancy between user scores and the metascore makes me wish both scores could be displayed in the lists. I wonder how many other really good movies I've neglected? For a reversal of this same type of discrepancy, look at the scores for Far From Heaven (critics raved, users ranted).
Kyme G. gave it a 10:
Of course taking much license to produce hollywood money but Joffe does a superior job of instilling the glutony of early modern European royalty within the audience as well as examining the roots of individual sexuality.
Ted T. gave it a 9:
Only a 37 metascore! What's wrong with these guys? Vatel is a good story made into a great movie.
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