"Love has limits." "It should not."

Rating: 7/10 (26 April 2020)

Undoubtedly, The Favourite is extremely entertaining, but it is still very "Lanthimos". The film reverses time to 18th-century England, and the story is taken from the real event between the Duchess Sarah Churchill and Queen Anne. Curiously, unlike most orthodox British court dramas, the primitive etiquette and political laws of the upper class society have been reduced to the fringe, and the movie has been replaced by the strange and absurd triangle love talk under the power structure. Absurdity always is the first consideration for Lanthimos to build a character survival system.Lanthimos uses a large number of wide-angle lenses, fisheye lenses and low-angle upward shots to create a grotesque, alienated atmosphere.For most people, these lenses may not be as visually comfortable, but when you choose to accept this shooting method, everything are full of other charms.