Review – The Queen of Versailles

This documentary follows time-share mogul David Siegel and his fading trophy wife Jackie as they amass a fortune in the sub-prime mortgage market and then squander it left and right on nonsense, particularly construction of a huge mansion loosely based on Versailles. Of course my use of “sub-prime” in the previous sentence gives you a good idea what happens to them. Though I had several emotional responses during the course of the experience, overall this picture left me with a profound sense of relief that I am neither rich enough nor stupid enough to have these kinds of problems. Mildly amusing