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Nov 20, 2018 · Only sort of based on a true story and laced with plenty of creative fabrications, “The Favourite” follows Queen Anne (Olivia Colman, in an instantly iconic performance), one of the lesser-known monarchs of England who reigned in the early 1700s during the war with the French.
In the early 18th century, England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her close friend Lady Sarah ...
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- Yorgos Lanthimos
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- Olivia Colman
Nov 21, 2018 · “The Favourite,” with a profane, erudite script by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, is a farce with teeth, a costume drama with sharp political instincts and an aggressive sense of the absurd.
- Yorgos Lanthimos
Aug 31, 2018 · Film review: The Favourite. Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest is an outrageous period comedy with three outstanding performances from Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz.
Aug 30, 2018 · Film Review: ‘The Favourite’. Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone play royal cousins who are scheming rivals in a savagely witty and stylish misanthropic baroque costume drama that's the most...
Dec 21, 2018 · The Favourite: Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. With Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Delves, Faye Daveney. In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Aug 30, 2018 · Olivia Colman plays an ailing 18th century English queen, with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz as rivals vying to access her power in 'The Favourite,' the latest from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos.
