Fascinating movie, Yorgos Lanthimos does it again. BUT...

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2019)

First of all, funny to read all the negative reviews from the people used to watch only Transformers and Nightmare before Christmas :D
Very rich movie in meanings, excellent exploration of the human nature, brilliant directing, brilliant way of complicating and destabilising gender roles and sexual orientations. It is a powerful feminist movie, with men reduced to funny and ridiculous wigged mannequins while women pulling all the strings. Equally intelligent was the way sexual orientations became complicated to the point you do not really know if the three women were lesbians, straight, bi?... In any case you see them in lesbian relations but only flirting and playing with men.
Brilliant acting also. At least Olivia Colman in particular, and Rachel Weisz are stunning
BUT
I feel powerfully that the movie got so many Oscar nominations and accolades from the US movie industry because it is feminist and queer, and less because of its intrinsic quality. It is a very politically correct movie, fitting like a glove with the political message that Hollywood wants to send in the Trump-era. Otherwise, who can tell us why other brilliant movies from Yorgos Lanthimos, such as The Lobster or Killing of a Sacred Deer, did not get remarked and Oscar nominations? It is only my opinion that those were better than The Favourite? So yes, in terms of directing, screen play, acting, message, the three movies can be compared and yes, The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer were better than The Favourite. They did not get noticed because they were not feminist and sexual queer.
It is OK if Hollywood wants to become more political. It is not OK to award prizes based on the political message and not on the quality, as they claim to do.