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- Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite is a filthy, violent and outrageous period comedy that drips with bad language and worse behaviour, and will appal anyone who is expecting a more conventional royal drama. It’s also strangely touching.
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Nov 20, 2018 · Lanthimos’ most accessible movie to date, “The Favourite” is simply awe-inspiring in the way it harbors serious themes and anxieties about womanhood underneath a deceptively feather-light surface. History. Drama. Comedy.
Dec 30, 2018 · Mark Kermode. Sun 30 Dec 2018 03.00 EST. A trio of pitch-perfect performances from Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone drive Yorgos Lanthimos ’s spiky period drama – a tragicomic tale of...
- Mark Kermode
- 2 min
Rated: 4.5/5 Aug 3, 2023 Full Review Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews Technically, The Favourite is undoubtedly one of the best movies of 2018. The impressive production and set design plus the...
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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
- A.O. Scott
- 119 min
Aug 31, 2018 · Film review: The Favourite. 31 August 2018. By Nicholas Barber,Features correspondent. Fox Searchlight Pictures. Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest is an outrageous period comedy with three...
Aug 30, 2018 · Aug 30, 2018 1:00pm PT. Critics Pick. Film Review: ‘The Favourite’. Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone play royal cousins who are scheming rivals in a savagely witty and stylish misanthropic...
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