Jeanne du Barry

"Beautiful and bland."

"Against the odds... a subtle and well-crafted costume drama with plenty of satirical bite."

"An entertaining spectacle, only partly aware of its own vanity."

"This is the Maïwenn show, for better and for worse."

"It pleases the eye, but doesn’t linger."

"Rather conventional, though pleasingly lavish costume drama."

"Clumsy as the film can be, Maïwenn taps into the emotional core of a most unusual relationship."

"Occasionally too tasteful for its own good. But it’s also mature and grounded."

"Depp shows zero regal gravitas... in this stale and draughty period romance."

"(The) script might not be enough to convince the average moviegoer, but fans of period romance will be well-served."

"Guilty entertainment, preening and ahistorical and basely compelling. In that sense, it succeeds."

"Soon settles into the familiar mode of plodding royal procedural."

"Johnny Depp is subdued to the point where he’s barely conscious."