Hideous

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2020)

THE FAVOURITE is a follow-up from the same Greek director who made THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, which I absolutely despised, so my reaction to this was something of a foregone conclusion. And it's another instance of the "emperor's new clothes", a film I and those with me found personally ridiculous and repulsive in equal measure, the only things of note the nice costumes and locations. Otherwise it's an exercise in crudity that just goes on and on, focusing on bodily functions over the niceties of plot or accuracy. Characters speak anachronistically, everyone's horrible, the performances - particularly from luvvy Colman - completely over the top. A hideous viewing experience, then; others are welcome to it.