Best Actress trio since "The Hours"

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2019)

It was a quirky film about insanity, intrigues... and Queen Anne. Very originally and bravely put together by Yorgos Lanthimos who understands to do things unconventionally and I think the word unconventional fits this film the best. A very unconventional period piece and even more unconventional biopic - or semi biopic. The three leading actreses- and yes they are ALL lead... are just perfect and share such a fantastic on screen chemistry. I am probably in the minority but I thought Rachel Weisz was the best of them. Sure, Olivia Colman knew how to play insane without overacting and she had a fabulous wit with it but Rachel Weisz was able to command to screen in such a self-secureness and the absolutely right attitude. A grande and unpredictable performance and truly one of Weisz best jobs... and that means something. Olivia Colman is of course great, there is no doubt about it. Everybody who has seen the trailer knew that already. But she did not disappoint and held the quality of her performacne throughout the film. The fun of it was that you never knew what was up with her next. Emma Stone was wonderful as well. She had the best character development of all three, and yes also she went into very unexpected and unpredictable territories. Its the best Actress trio since Moore/Kidman/Streep in "The Hours" and also there all of them were lead. Nicholas Hoult gives one of the most underrated performances of the year. What a great supporting turn and he wonderfully played against his image. His scenes with Weisz, especially at the beginning were just candy. The look of the film is great, perfect cinematography and a great choice of soundtrack. Very nice direction and some of the best dialogue works of the year. I must say I preferred the first half of the film more than the last but it still ended up as one of the best and most artistically inspired films of the year.