I give this film a 7.5, but without fractions I'd have to round it up to 8.This is a big budget film, an $18m film, which in today's dollars is around $30m. Considering that production costs are lower in France, this film would cost much much more in the US. It looks expensive.The costumes, sets and everything, look completely realistic, which is a big feat. Many productions making period pieces fall into cheap, Halloween-costume territory or incredibly pristine, clean and freshly-pressed cosplay-like costumes. It's easy to look like a clown, especially with costumes from that time, but they didn't. They look very real.The fighting and murders look very convincing as well. It is not too gruesome, but quite long. I know that shorter versions of this film exist, but I don't say "cut, cut, cut" but montage. A faster-paced montage could've told us the scale of the murders without having to spend so much time showing each individual kill.The music by Bregovic is brilliant. His adaptation of Balkan folk songs, Balkan rock, Serbo-Croatian, Gypsy and other influences and adapt them in a renaissance style gave this film a unique feeling and mood. I'm glad they didn't just take some standard renaissance music or make a soundtrack from Celtic and French music of the era.The acting is very good, as is the story, but I was expecting more of an ending. I wish we had told in text that the prophecy had come true and that Catherine de Medici's sons bore no heirs, leaving the throne to Henri. This is a strange omission, especially since they had a scene specifically telling us of the prophecy.I wish France, or anyone really, would make more films like this, but people want more Warcraft and less drama.

One of the aspects that I like about this movie is that its not just for the male viewer. There are are parts that are nice for the ladies' eyes. For me, it was a little hard to follow. I don't honestly know much about the events that actually took place in history, and I'm not used to watching foreign films with English subtitles. The story is intense, but I like to watch the movie for the costumes. In the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) my persona is from the 1500's (Italian). There are some fabulous hair, jewelry, and clothing styles for inspiration. It's easier to get a sense of the style with actors that move, instead of a flat picture, as in paintings and books.

Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.Alright, I had no idea that this was based on the 1845 historical novel "La Reine Margot" by Dumas. I had no idea he wrote such a book, or that an earlier version had been filmed. And most importantly, I have no idea how accurate any of this is. For the sake of cinema, I suppose it doesn't matter.The truth is at least partially here, because the romance is real and there really was a St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, though I don't think it is very well known today, especially in the United States. (We are woefully ignorant of European history.) Margot (or Margaret of Valois) remains an interesting character, if for no other reason than that she is an ancestor of the current royal family in England.

if you haven't met Margot, if you haven't spoken to her then you know nothing of France... The queen who is said to be most intelligent and elegant and beautiful among greedy libertines and fools? The pearl of France? i could not believe my eyes when i watched this film.It was peculiar and very very bad. Perhaps it is because i have read the book and i love it very much. I saw so many blunders and absurd moments.(The Louvre was wooden. What's more you can enter it from the street!And everywhere it is described as elaborate...)The humor in La Reine Margot is irrelevant. Some of the actors were terrible. They were just reciting their lines nothing more. Their mimics had nothing to do with what they were saying...I know the characters are not saints but this movie is all about sex. Margot is described as a slut and a prostitute. There are so many missing moments-this movie has nothing to do with the book.Just the names.