Should you watch The Queen of Versailles?
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The Queen of Versailles
Documentary · 2012
With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.
The sides of The Queen of Versailles
- A billionaire family building a copy of Versailles
- A time-share empire hit by the 2008 crash
- Nannies and staff watching it unravel
The Queen of Versailles is good for you if…
- you like laughing at a fortune falling apart in a half-built palace.
- you like seeing what money does to a family when it runs out.
- you like Jackie Siegel, cheerful and lost at once.
The Queen of Versailles is bad for you if…
- you can't spend 100 minutes with billionaires you aren't sure whether to pity.
- you want events, not two years of a family waiting.
About: wealth · the American dream · denial
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