The Queen of Versailles
2012 · Movie · PG · 100 min · ★ 6.9 · 88% critics
A documentary follows an ultra-wealthy family as they build an enormous dream home modeled on Versailles, funded by a booming time-share business. When the economic crisis hits, their lavish plans and everyday life are forced into uncomfortable new territory.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-07-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (217 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy real-life stories about wealth, ego, and collapse, especially alongside The Kingmaker or Requiem for the American Dream; Not for you if conspicuous excess makes you furious.
Pros: jaw-dropping access; dark humor; wealth critique | Cons: frustrating subjects; uneven pacing; heavy consumer excess
Themes
- affectation
- wealth
- bankruptcy
- woman director
- disturbed
- desperate
- absurd
- dramatic
- audacious
- foreboding
- melodramatic
Awards & recognition
- Sundance U.S. Directing Award: Documentary · 2012
Cast & crew
- JS
Jacqueline Siegel
as Self (as Jackie Siegel)
- DS
David Siegel
as Self
- VN
Virginia Nebab
as Self - Nanny
Katie Stam
as Self - Miss America
- LB
Lorraine Barrett
as Self - Real Estate Agent
- JD
June Downs
as Self - Next Door Neighbor
- PF
Phillip Froehlich
as Self - Vice President, West Resorts
- MG
Marissa Gaspay
as Self - Nanny
- TM
Tina Martinez
as Self - High School Friend
- JP
Jonquil Peed
as Self - Niece (as Jonquil)
Directed by Lauren Greenfield