Self-indulgent and boring

Rating: 2/10 (21 April 2019)

I enjoyed The Lobster, so I was expecting something weird from this new Lanthimos movie - just to point out that this is not why I'm giving it 2 stars.
I'm giving this rating because I feel like I've waisted 2 hours of my life. I actually wanted to stop after 20 mins but decided to give it a chance, which I regret. Despite the great acting from the main trio, this movie is boring. Nothing interesting happens, there are no twists in the plot and the ending is dull as hell, even though with such a story and such great characters one could expect a more complicated intrigue.
The story really is about court politics and it would have been interesting to see it through Lanthimos's eyes - with 3 strong women at the centre of it - but instead of that he gives us a movie about some ladies' petty quarrels. The soundtrack is horrendous and nearly drove me mad. Half of the movie looks like it was filmed with a GoPro. Lanthimos spent too much on costumes and make-up and not enough on the plot, which is a shame because he did the opposite in The Lobster and it worked wonders.
Skip this one without regrets.