terrible... so disappointed.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Yesterday I found myself watching, "The Queen of Versailles". In the beginning I thought that this was all a joke… a 74 year old rich man (David) is married to a 43 year old woman (Jackie) and no one saw a problem with this? She's a gold digger –is all I kept thinking in my head. They were living a dream that people would kill for. Having a huge house and building an even larger house; the biggest house in America to be exact. This house contained 30 bathrooms, yes I said 30, 10 kitchens, a sushi bar, a tennis court, and a ballroom. Who needs 30 bathrooms? This house or shall I say mansion was built as a replica of the top 3 floors of a hotel in Paris. The Siegel's also bought 5 million dollars' worth of marvel from China to put into the house to fit the theme. I certainly don't have 5 million dollars just lying around and if I did I would put it to better use. Seeing that they have eight children, they could have started them a college fund that would have gotten each of them a doctorates degree and possibly have some money left over. Seeing how loosely she spent money and had eight kids by him I again thought that she was being a gold digger. Usually when a younger woman dates an older man it is all for the money. It was until she explained how her ex-husband misused and abused her that I began to see why she loved David so unconditionally. It seemed as if everything was okay until David was sued for unpaid bills and began having problems with his company. The banks began trying to foreclose on his home and resorts. Due to this David was forced to lay off seven thousand employees and 19 of his nannies, and the building of Versailles also came to a standstill. This gave a lesson: no matter who you are or how much money you have you must take care of your responsibilities or everything can crumble. The children took sacrifices such as transferring from private to public schools, losing friends in the transition, and as Jackie said, "they may have to go to college now." This is my problem with parents with money; they feel like their children are too good for public school! You learn the same material, require a diploma upon graduation, and you still meet friends. My best friend attended a private school while I attended a public school and I'm actually smarter than her! Just because it's private doesn't mean their IQ score will tremendously increase, I actually would say it decreases. I say this because when kids are in private school they feel as if they can do what they want because their parents fund the school. Just as one of the Siegel kids did; when he started public school he immediately began getting into trouble and serving detentions for attendance or behavior problems. Whether I'm rich or not my child will go to college. I did something with my life so that my child could live a good life and it is up to them to do the same. My child will not live off of me forever. While everyone, David, the kids, David's employees, and business partners suffered, Jackie did not. She continued to throw parties, spend uncontrollably, and have face-lifts. The money that Jackie was spending could have been used to help pay some of the bills or put aside for future use in case they lost everything. David became depressed and began pointing out ways in which his family was being ungrateful, and soon Jackie did too. The kids had pets that they had never taken care of that died once the nannies were laid off. When I was a child and asked for a pet it became my responsibility, not anyone else's. The Siegel kids knew nothing about responsibility and that is a major problem! This film shows major life lessons for everyone. I would not categorize this film to a specific audience, because everyone young or old can learn something from it. What you have today can be gone tomorrow. Stop taking things for granted. In my opinion, "The Queen of Versailles" is a very good film. I would rate this as a five star documentary and advise everyone to watch it. Jackie is being referred to as "The Queen," but the film does not just focus on her. The film also gives you a glance at the lives of those around her. There are pros and cons in this film and that surprised me. Normally, when watching something like this it's all good, but not this time. Now that you've read my review I would advise you to go watch it and give me your feedback.

You can't hate these people, and it's rational that Lauren Greenfield didn't. In meanness of the fact that, to make certain, they were supplying her mind blowing to a way of life the massive majority, even the "rich" people, can barely imagine. What you can do is regret them. It's a shame they haven't considered more useful and valued methods to spend their wealth. Still, their wealth is in view of income from the customers who had the same issue. This place has 9 kitchens and one over paid hooker that has never ever stepped a foot inside of a kitchen in her life. She gave it all up to be a trophy wife, because she began to realize that being a pretty blond was getting her farther in life, than working as a woman engineer in the 80's. Doing this has made her a very smart and shallow woman. The other fascinating thing about the documentary that is paid attention to is the way, they all kind of cried about losing it all and becoming poor, which was never going to happen. It is normal for some rich people to go bankrupt, but dealing with their situation, it wasn't a matter of being down flat broke. I equally loved Jackie Siegel (or if nothing else, disliked her short of what I thought I would) in the documentary. Maybe this is how she helped me to remember each Jennifer Coolidge character wake up. I'm just going to say that this wild thing is not happening. Or maybe she is blowing big amounts of money at Wal-Mart to spare. The Siegel family's weird job is somewhat serious. The Siegel children don't seem to be turning out very well for his teenage daughter, who in one scene truly and tells off Siegel for being a devil. It's barely shocking that the kids are wild and spoiled, since their dad is very conceited.

David and Jaqueline Siegel, the central figures of "The Queen of Versailles" approach levels of Shakespearean tragedy in this documentary that follows them from the heights of excess to the ugly realities of having no money. Viewers will no doubt be polarized by the Siegels. While we may feel empathy for their plight, we will probably feel some joy at their dilemma and eventual destruction. Director Lauren Greenfield pulls off an astonishing stunt here by simply allowing the principals involved be themselves. Jackie Siegel is the entitled "queen" of a repulsive parody of that famous other Versailles over there in France. This astonishing Floridian mess would have been the largest single-family home in America. Jackie the Spendthrift becomes increasingly infuriating to the viewer as the proverbial you-know-what hits the financial fan. Thirty years junior to her husband David, she holds court over too many nannies, too many children, a million dollars worth per year of low-cut garments and ugly eBay-bound handbags, and too many dogs (including two dead ones, one of which is stuffed and on display in a glass case, and the other spending eternity as a bizarre drape on the grand piano) which merrily defecate all over a tacky, kitschy, and filthy mansion stuffed with anything and everything. Jackie thrusts her gigantic breasts at anyone who moves and coos at her aging hubby, obviously using sex and her trophy wife status to manipulate him. He, in turn, becomes fairly disenchanted with her by the end of the film, hiding in a trash infested room staring at a big screen TV while attempting to figure out how to save his disastrously gone-awry time share empire. By now, we all know David Siegel lost his shorts in the market implosion of 2008, but that doesn't faze Jackie and her breasts. She continues to compulsively shop and finally admit she has too many kids. She had them because nannies were easily available and so her mothering duties were non-existent. One comes away from this train wreck of excess and greed feeling sorry for the children of privilege who haven't a clue about the real world.Filled with jaw-dropping scenes of a clueless Jackie attempting to cope with the vanishing money and joining the 99%, the most telling scene here is Jackie, her breasts, and her kids having to suffer the indignity of commercial flight versus their usual private jet. The kids "want to know why ALL of these other people are on their plane". Jackie rents a car and asks a stunned counter-person the name of the driver she'll have. The guy at the counter finally tells her there is no driver. Has her husband's money and the privilege it buys blinded her to the realities faced by the 99% on a daily basis, or is this a staged moment by Jackie, who wants a reality show. If she doesn't know that no driver will be supplied, she's truly delusional inside that golden bubble. If she does know that no driver will be supplied, she's disingenuous and smug, acting for the camera. You decide. And what of the shoddy grandeur of the so-called "Versailles"? It appears now and then as the film reaches it depressing end. At the last, it's a rotting hulk brightened only by the nightly Disney fireworks from the nearby Magic Kingdom. A true metaphor for the downfall of the Siegels, their colossal waste of money on absolute trash, and most appalling, their continuation of drawing plots to get back what they threw away. Unfortunately for the neighbors, the Siegels aren't gone. The documentary ends with no resolution. However,at this time, through David's shady business acumen, they have bounced back financially enough to try and finish the house. Naturally, Jackie hopes to have a reality TV series. Hopefully she'll be able to hire a full-time poop scooper before the cameras roll.

"First off I would not call this Film a real Feature Doc." I would call it a very strong pilot for a Cable Reality Series. I left this screening completely empty and void of any strong feelings emotionally speaking. I know nothing more about the traditional Timeshare schemes that take place and that is what I was looking for with The Queen of Versailles. I wanted and wished for more employee interviews and testimonials from neighbors and friends.This film does do a great job of taking you inside the lives of the Timeshare King and his so-called Queen but leaves you empty with everything else going on. When the Film came to Orlando where I live my local news interviewed the male subject of this film and he said he was sad, disappointed and would sue to have the film taken out of theaters.First I thought this was a Miramax publicity stunt as long lines were forming at my Local Art House. But now after Screening the Film on CNBC (the Financial Cable Network of NBC) I see the disclaimer at the tail of the Film which states that it is basically Business as Usual and in other words "we as Filmmakers are sorry we made you look so bad! Now do you think this would ever happen with a Errol Morris, a Pennabaker or a Michael Moore Film? Its a disaster because you as a Doc Filmmaker has to apologize for just having spent months, years shootings these folks lives and now all of a sudden everything is hunky dorrie? I'm appalled at this disclaimer, it destroyed the entire context of the Film.Well that eyesore is still unfinished and neighborhood protests have increased to have the mess torn down. The timeshare biz in Orlando is at a all time low and who would actually write a check to this joker especially after seeing the Film? I tend to believe some kind of deal outside of court was done here to please both parties. I pray the Filmmakers or Distributor did not have to pay them a cent."David states; "Everyone wants to be rich! Underhandness by a scam artist with his poor wife caught in the middle. But she ain't so poor and with a mess of kids running wild whilst she buys out Wallmart, it makes interesting and entertaining Reality based mainstream high gloss HD Video.But where are the therapists, where are the fired employees and where is someone to explain exactly how the scam works? Not in this Film. The Filmmaker decides along with more Producers in the History of a Film to take the safe road and make a killing at the box office in limited release of course. So therefore before you go with the flow of all the rave reviews, be careful.You are walking into a so-called Feature Doc that should be called a Reality TV Series Pilot.Good luck on the next one... JV, Apopka FL.