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By Kam Williams (1,272) for AALBC.com (174) on 25 Jul 2012

A dysfunctional family documentary which invites the audience to take pleasure in the misfortunes of some decidedly-decadent 1%ers…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Jul 2012

Through a clear lens unclouded by politics or blame, it offers insight into the hazardous American practice of living beyond our means…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 25 Jul 2012

There are improbably involving human stories here…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Jul 2012

Queen of Versailles is still worthwhile, not because it questions all-American entitlement but because it prompts us to think hard about what,…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 25 Jul 2012

The Queen of Versailles combines the voyeuristic thrills of reality TV with the soul-revealing artistry of great portraiture and the head-shaking…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 25 Jul 2012

The Queen of Versailles is beautifully constructed and frequently uproarious…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 22 Jul 2012

It transforms from a mocking portrait of exorbitance into a sympathetic depiction of a family struggling with their own version of what most…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 22 Jul 2012

The paradox of wealth without refinement remains unexamined but emerges as a metaphor for the American Dream itself…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 19 Jul 2012

Compulsively watchable from start to finish, The Queen of Versailles chips away at the aspirational fantasy that drives those Bravo shows,…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 19 Jul 2012

A rise-and-fall story that will have you laughing and shaking your head - in pity, disgust and, occasionally, outrage - at the very same time…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 18 Jul 2012

In Greenfield's canny and compassionate view, their post-collapse reality check is an emblem of consumerism as affliction, and surprisingly relatable…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 18 Jul 2012

The steady wink wink of Queen of Versailles is wearing…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 18 Jul 2012

I feel contempt for my contempt for these people…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 18 Jul 2012

The Siegels make the Kardashians and Donald Trump look like tasteful pikers when it comes to egregiously conspicuous consumption, sheer hubris…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 18 Jul 2012

This is certainly an apt time to make a crowd-pleasing movie about rich villains, but Greenfield is not an exploiter - she's an artist…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Jul 2012

The point of the film is not to scorn or mock the Siegels, despite their excesses…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 18 Jul 2012

Greenfield's refusal to pass judgment on the Siegels lends her subjects and their marriage unexpected complexity and depth - especially Jackie,…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 18 Jul 2012

It makes sense to find the director unwilling to walk away from such as a fascinating couple, resulting in a superb documentary and a powerful…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for Movieline (883) on 18 Jul 2012

There's a certain type of painful honesty that shines through in both their interviews toward the end and, particularly, in those with the staff…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 18 Jul 2012

Schadenfreude and disgust may be unavoidable, but to withhold all sympathy from the Siegels is to deny their humanity and shortchange your…

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