The director’s remake of the Clint Eastwood film in some ways improves upon the original.

Maybe there’s no reason to expect a celebrity heist movie to work. But you would not expect it to be so dull.

Director Sofia Coppola’s new film, Marie-Antoinette, has the look of a Merchant-Ivory period drama, with enough gorgeous costumes, jewelry, and gastronomic porn to rival the splendor of the Baroque château of Versailles, where most of the action takes place. (Coppola paid the relatively low fee of $20,000 each day that she shot at Versailles, according to news reports.) Its soul, however, remains in the late 20th century, showing the young Austrian princess, who becomes Queen…