A Tale of Two Halves

Rating: 7/10 (8 December 2018)

These type of offbeat period dramas are typically not my cup of tea. I just don't find a lot of them to be interesting subject matters but heck, I was excited for The Favourite. Not only do I love Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, but Yorgos Lanthimos' last film (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) was an insanely enjoyable near-masterpiece. But I wasn't thrilled with The Favourite. It doesn't get interesting until about an hour in, and at that point it had already almost lost me. With that said, once the turn of this movie begins, it's like a trainwreck you can't help but keep your focus on (and I mean that in terms of story, and in all the best ways). Some of the deceptively evil things Weisz and Stone do to each other's characters is a joy to watch, and the time period adds to it, for some reason. If only the entire film was that gripping.
7.2/10