We'll never know the truth

Rating: 5/10 (4 February 2019)

Really wanted to love The Favourite, but sadly cant quite get there. Queen Anne is the forgotten Queen of British history. Certainly when I went through school plenty of time was spent looking at Elizabeth 1st and Queen Victoria, but Anne was barely mentioned. As such was looking forward to finding more about Anne from the Favourite as this focuses on the reign of Anne.
In particular the Favourite looks at the complex and evolving relationship between Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), Sarah(Rachel Weisz) and Abigail (Emma Stone). Whilst this is very well played by all the actors you can't help but wonder how true to life it is. Something tells me this has been given a 21st century slant to make it more interesting for our current culture. Having said that you do get to know more about Queen Anne and it's well worth seeing the performances of the trio of actors.