Marie Antoinette May 1774, the Dauphin ascended the throne as King Louis XVI of France and Navarre with Marie Antoinette as his Queen. At the outset, the new queen had limited political influence with her husband, who, with the support of his two most important ministers, Chief Minister Maurepas and Foreign Minister Vergennes, blocked several of her candidates from assuming important positions, including Choiseul. The queen did play a decisive role in the disgrace and exile of the most powerful of Louis XV's ministers, the Duke of Aiguillon. On 24 May 1774, two weeks after the death of Louis XV, the king
Marie Antoinette (2006 film) most delicate of looks on adolescence". Frodon, editor of "Les Cahiers du cinéma", praised Coppola for her "'genius' at portraying adolescent alienation." Among negative critical reviews, Jean-Luc Douin of "Le Monde" described "Marie Antoinette" as "kitsch and roc(k)oco" which "deliberately displays its anachronisms", and additionally as a "sensory film" that was "dreamt by a Miss California" and "orchestrated around the Du Barry or Madame de Polignac playground gossip". Alex Masson of "Score" thought the film had a script "which is often forgotten to the corruption of becoming a special issue of "Vogue" devoted to scenes of Versailles". French critics were