Review of The Queen of Versailles (2012) by Meg W — 02 Apr 2013

The Queen of Versailles is a fascinating documentary of a riches to rags story. It follows Jaqueline Siegel and her husband David, who runs one of the leading timeshare companies in the world, as they build the largest private residence in America, but are devastated by the 2008 economic meltdown and forced to liquidating their assets.

The film does an excellent job at personalizing the economic downfall, and at showing how it affected everyone from the so called 1% to the common man. And, it's refreshing that the focus stays on how the Siegels adjust to their financial losses, and avoids any attempt to vilify or judge them.

While it's not groundbreaking, The Queen of Versailles is an interesting and provocative contemporary documentary.