But in a gorgeous period piece that is never boring, you can’t deny the entertainment value of Madame du Barry, one of the most captivating women since Madame Bovary, and all the more fascinating because she was real.

[T]he story's intriguing complexities are smoothed over, submerged, and deemed less interesting than the lovers' stunning surroundings.

The tableaux are stunning, the costumes surreal and truffle-rich, but the film doesn’t let period details obscure the scandalous love story at its royal center. A warm, scented bath of a movie.

The locations, sets, visual effects, costumes and even several secondary characters…are remarkable, but all that glitters is not gold, it is decidedly excessive because in its essence it is a clumsy and exaggerated tragicomedy…[Full review in Spanish]