Parents' Guide to Marie Antoinette

Parents need to know that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is a punk rock-themed retelling of the Austrian teen who became queen of France (played by Kirsten Dunst). Characters kiss, and sex is briefly portrayed—there's full female nudity from behind and frontal nudity with breasts and genitals obscured by angles. There are also frequent mentions of a couple's "unconsummated" marriage and their responsibility to produce an heir. Characters drink wine, champagne, and cocktails and are shown drunk at a party. They also smoke a pipe and snort snuff once. Infrequent language includes "whore" and sexual innuendo like "the royal bush." There are references to the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution and brief scenes on a battlefield and of a mob attacking a palace. There's also mention of a miscarriage and death in childbirth, and a young child's death is followed by a funeral. Though the soundtrack uses modern music and the visuals are colorfully pastel, the drama's slow pace might lose the interest of younger viewers.

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