Review of The Queen of Versailles (2012) by Sarfaraz A — 09 Nov 2012

The Queen of Versailles a documentary film directed by Lauren Greenfield. The documentary won the U.S. Directing Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. David is owner of Westgate Resorts, and his wife wants to complete building the largest and most expensive family house in the United States, but they are caught amid the global economy downfall in 2008.

The Queen of Versailles focuses upon one of the riches families in the United States; it's rare that you come to see the inside of how the rich people come to live with their responsibilities, problems and domestic-disturbances. Some middle-class or poor people in the world dub rich people as dumb; but they fail to pick up the line to believe that earning bulk of money is no child's play. I completely felt satisfying with David, who becomes too resolute and at the same time, too concerned about money being spent like water, post-downfall scenario, however in a society that David's family has lived and celebrated their luxurious and lavish lives it seemed rather impracticable for them to come to some negotiations to cut-off their livelihood.

The documentary is insightful, very educating about how the economy-downfall that occurred in 2008 at the hands of naïve people in three-piece-suits.