SummarySet in 1667 where 28-year-old King Louis XIV (George Blagden) is determined to build a grandest palace in Europe as he seeks destroy his enemies and obtain more power in this Anglo-French historical drama created by David Wolstencroft.
Created By:Simon Mirren, David Wolstencroft
Versailles
Season 1 Premiere:
Nov 16, 2015
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Mixed or Average
55
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Generally Favorable
6.3
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Sep 27, 2016
67
Not quite as smart as the recent Wolf Hall or as deliciously decadent as the bygone The Tudors, Versailles fails to live up to its regal potential. [30 Sep 2016, p.54]
Oct 5, 2018
60
It’s never silly, in other words, even though it can be exceptionally melodramatic.
User score
Generally Favorable
60% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
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28% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
May 20, 2019
10
This is one of the most beautiful and incredibly entertaining shows I've ever seen. The actors are amazing. But you have to watch on Netflix. Do NOT watch on Ovation!! The quality is so terrible on TV I'm not surprised at the bad ratings.
Feb 12, 2020
9
So much better than the ratings suggest. Perhaps because so few saw it. Great acting, story and it was actually filmed in Versailles...
Sep 29, 2017
60
In the new season, even more so than before, Versailles embraces its character and courtly drama.
Sep 20, 2016
60
It is frequently lovely to behold. The real Versailles is of course gorgeous, and the series renders the palace through expensive sets and substantial on-location filming. But like the plot, the prettiness is a little superficial; this is more the CW’s “Reign” than Starz’s “Outlander.”
Sep 30, 2016
50
Versailles has glamor and spectacle, but it’s hardly an epic drama. It dreamily drifts along for the first few episodes, introducing the characters and concentrating on outrageous behavior. All the military-strategy sessions blur together.
Sep 27, 2016
50
The first four episodes of the series are rather talky, although heaven knows there are moments of eye-opening action of the carnal variety. ... But the talk, at least, is revealing and sophisticated, not to mention often filled with intrigue.
Sep 30, 2016
40
The series looks astoundingly cheap. ... The anachronistic electronic score by Eduardo Noya Schreus, aka NOIA, gives a galvanizing jolt to what is otherwise an irritatingly unoriginal production.
Mar 10, 2020
7
This is a lavish production shot on location and merely for the visual aspect it would deserve a 10. Everything is beautiful, refined and sophisticated in Louis world. We also get the ugly side, following his chief of police and, in the third series, we finally catch a glimpse of Paris and the life of the common people and we definitely want to go back to Versailles. Definitely not historically accurate, the plot compress events that took place during the course of decades and invents other for entertainment's sake. The multitude of characters is intriguing and flawed, full of contradictions, like real human beings. Shame about the ending. The last episode of series 3 is a major letdown. Not much makes sense with the behaviour of the main characters who all seemed ready for a change, but end up in the same old rut and making absurd choices. With a better ending it would have been a 9 or even a 10.
Nov 11, 2019
4
Love this show. It’s so good. Not exactly historically accurate. But and awesome show with wonderful actors.
