The Favourite - but not everyone's...

Rating: 8/10 (14 November 2019)

This film divides opinion and rightly so. It is a film about not very much, in a historical period that is not widely covered (The end of Queen Anne's reign, she was the last ruler from the Royal House of Stuart). However, it is a bizarre, funny and entertaining dark comedy.
The period costumes rightly deserve their Academy Award and the historical locations used for filming are wonderful. The three lead actresses are absolute powerhouses any one of those three could have won the best actress Oscar!
The music is unsettling and makes you fear that something awful will happen at every turn, but with the backdrop of politics, favouritism and manipulation it does work and holds your attention throughout.
The dialogue is snappy and there are moments of genuine hilarity. Often it concerns the absurdity of court life, but there are also some funny slapstick moments.
The ending was ambiguous and leaves you feeling a little unsatisfied, but it shouldn't detract from what is a wonderful work of art. (The first thing I did after watching it was go on Wikipedia and read about the real life historical figures...fascinating).