Neither Fish nor Fowl

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2019)

Not clever.
Not smart.
Not titillating, but with protracted sex scenes.
Not accurate enough to warrant itself as "historical".
Too surreal to be accepted as drama, and too singular to earn its surrealism.
A feminist film that gives us intimate viewing of all three female leads throwing up.
The Favourite, dressed as a period piece and populated with historical figures, wastes its rich source material to simply tell us that people are garbage.
If The Favourite is as bad as I say it is, then I must be accusing the film criticism establishment of thorough and complete conspiracy.
If I am wrong, then wait to hear this AFI Top Ten Film of 2018 gloriously praised by your friends, neighbors and coworkers, as surely they would not want to miss out on a film so deeply connected with the human condition - and so delightfully funny.
Just as your friends, neighbors and coworkers adored The Shape of Water, Moonlight, Spotlight and Birdman.
How can these be "Best Pictures" if nobody watches them?