Dark, Funny, Intriguing

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2019)

I love historical films, especially about past Queens and Kings and other royalties. I didn't hesitate to watch this when I saw the trailer.
It's not an entirely accurate movie, which is intended, to give the story more flavor.
The fights between Abigail and Lady Sarah is entertaining to watch and I love the portrayal of Queen Anne. It is dark and hilarious. At first I rooted for Abigail, but as the story progresses, their true selves are unmasked. Abigail is a cruel woman who doesn't love the Queen and will do anything to be on top, and I should've rooted for Sarah instead, who was frank but loving. But it's not only about the two women trying to be the queen's favourite. It's more importantly about the queen, how she coped after the death of all her seventeen children (they were either stillborn or died young), and how she dealt with her declining health, how she felt all alone in the world. I can't imagine what she'd been through.
They were all great, but Emma Stone surprised me more because I didn't know she could play a scheming, heartless woman and make it Oscar-worthy.
The ending wasn't good in my opinion. It's odd to end a story like that. However it has a deeper meaning, which is none of them lived happily ever after.