Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances ar...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
Stats: 139 reviews
Set during the reign of France's King Louis XIV (Sands), this film portrays the events of a three-day feast prepared and conducted by Vatel (Depardieu), the king's master of entertainment.
Film seemed to me too weak. It should have been much better. Gerard Depardieu is not en...( read more)
for all of as that we worrk in a galley this story is one of the classics that we have to se , so for me is a great movie
The unbelievability of Depardieu and Thurman as lovers is just one of many problems with this highly fictionalized historical drama. Though there were some interesting sets and fire-work displays, the movie is a hodge-podge of French history trivia which never pulls together to f...( read more)
Inspired by a true story, about the suicide of Vatel, cause there were pbs with the great diner he organized for King Louis XIV of France.
THIS MOVIE REMINDED ME OF AMADEUS(MILOS FORMAN FILM) THAT PERIOD WELL MADE IN COSTUMES AND SETS...VERY 'TASTY" MOVIE...UMA THERMAN TIM ROTH GERARD DEPARDIE GIVE EVERYTHING....
GOOD MUSIC & DIRECTION...
I RECOMEND THIS...
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