I don't get why....

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2018)

There are so many positive critic and audience reviews. I was expecting something spectacular, what I got was a major yawn. I have read some about Queen Anne (she wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but a lot of royalty in England or elsewhere weren't) and Sarah Churchill. I do have to say that they came to life in Olivia Coleman's and Rachel Weisz's portrayals. Emma Stone, once again for me, fell flat. I don't understand her appeal. And, couldn't they get a British actress to play a British role? Anyway, there were scenes of sexual nature which I have absolutely no doubt happened at court in early 18th century (not the ones between the main female characters). So, I think that those scenes, the kitchens, servants quarters and brothel were accurate. But, the story itself was a bore and with all of those long powered wigs, it was hard to tell which man was which. I found it hard to follow except for the main plot line of one cousin trying to usurp the other cousin to be the favorite of the queen and one lord trying to stop the war with France because it was costing so much. I would have left, but it was a first showing and it had a lot of people that I would have needed to crawl over, kind of like Sarah Churchill and then her cousin, Abigail.