Behind the scenes of Queen Anne's Kingdom

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2019)

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest production is a disturbing period drama telling us about the highly manipulative, insanely clever and cruel minds behind the doors of Queen Anne's kingdom.
Olivia Coleman won the oscar for best actress for her performance as Queen Anne and once you see the film is is clear why, she shows every piece of the characters grief - her pain, her sadness, her anger, her confusion and her cruelty that she can burst out with in moments. A absoloutely brilliant performance.
Rachel Weisz plays Lady Sarah, the right-hand woman and advisor to the queen. She too demonstrated her excellent acting skills to show a person who is constantly thinking, constantly planning her next moves in order to always come out on top, she dominated every room she was in.
Emma Stone as Abigail Hill was something quite unexpected, starting off as a young and smart character who was fairly innocent yet underneith was just as calculating and as cruel as her co-stars. In her own words she is "capable of much unpleasantness".
Every second of the film is filled with high amounts of tension, watching these three characters with eachother - all of them attempting to be the ultimate winner. Scraping and scratching at one another until the other two keel over or give up.
I reccomend this film to anyone looking for a period piece that is different, a new perspective on how far someone will go to remain "The Favourite".