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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA succulently entertaining movie that invites you to splash around in the dreams and follies of folks so rich they're the 1 percent of the 1 percent. It's like a champagne bath laced with arsenic.
- 91The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayTo an extent, Greenfield tries to have it both ways with her film: she allows us to enjoy the fantasy of being rich, while also letting us see the bastards suffer a little.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFor Greenfield, the Siegels are a brilliant metaphor for everything farkakte about the U.S. economy and the culture that shaped it.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis timely and involving documentary elicits both sympathy and schadenfreude, as Greenfield regards her all-too-vilifiable subjects with a complexity that should impress viewers of all economic and political persuasions.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineLauren Greenfield's film evolves from an ode to entitled obliviousness to a more evenhanded character study, tracing the fault lines that develop within the Siegel family.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirLike a Theodore Dreiser novel for our time, infused with the vivid, vulgar spirit of reality TV. It often had the sold-out Eccles Center howling, but also has elements of profound tragedy and allegory.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneBoxoffice MagazineRay GreeneGreenfield's fly on the wall view of obscene wealth punctured like a toy balloon is as current as a blog or a headline.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfDirector Lauren Greenfield has a catty eye, but she's not after simple schadenfreude as the Siegels' time-share hotels are foreclosed, the kids have to fly coach [gasp], and poops go unscooped by a phalanx of laid-off servants.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceI've seen The Queen of Versailles twice, and both times the audience laughed frequently at the Siegel family's sheer tackiness.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Queen of Versailles will prompt loathing not only among the so-called 99 Percent, but among those in the top 1 percent who would like someone more sane to represent them on camera.