Bloated, unfunny extremely overrated mess. Avoid like the plague!

Rating: 1/10 (14 January 2019)

Wow! If you ever needed proof that favourable reviews from critics are bought and paid for, look no further. This is the biggest piece of excrement I've seen in many, many years of watching films.
Super annoying soundtrack that gets on your nerves very quickly. The acting has been praised to high heaven which is baffling. The worst miscasting here is Emma Stone who not only struggles with a dodgy British accent but has had very obvious plastic surgery on her face (nose job, eye work), which makes her ill fitting for a period piece which takes place some 300 years ago. Not only that, she's also very prude and chickened out on all the nudity except the minimal contractual stuff she had to do to get cast. And that is very short and poorly lit at that. Why cast someone clearly uncomfortable with such explicit material in the first place? There are lots of actresses who could easily replace her in that part.
Olivia Coleman is all strained camp as the pathetic disease ridden queen. Onenote and silly. Rachel Weisz is good but then again she's always terrific. Very underrated actress in general.
The second best actor in this film is Nicholas Hoult but I have to subtract points for the very blatant and not at all subtle misandrist propaganda peddled in this film. Every male character is a fool, a pervert, a rapist or someone to abuse and step on to gain power. Very disgusting by the filmmakers. And if the women have sex with a man in the film it's an awful chore and something they disinterestedly suffer through. Everyone 4 sure is a lesbian though (that's the LGBTQ-agenda peeking through). F men, am I right?!
The cinematography is appaling with severe abuse of fish eye photography to an almost dizzying degree. The Favourite is being billed as a comedy/musical which is not only bizarre but frankly dishonest. I've never seen such an unfunny film. People saying the F-word and the C-word repeatedly or Emma Stone talking about selling her a-hole to sailors does not a comedy make.
Then we have the glacial pacing to suffer through. It goes on forever. It's only 2 hours but it feels like 2 weeks. I don't mind a long movie so it's not an add thing on my part. If I come across The Good The Bad And The Ugly you best believe I'm watching all of it with joy.
Anyway, to sum this up, ignore the praise by paid shills and critics. This is a vile, overlong, unfunny piece of crap. I'm sure this will win a boat load of awards though.
Awful, awful film and a waste of money.