Comical But Not a Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (6 January 2019)

I saw "The Favourite", Olivia Colman-The Lobster, Hot Fuzz; Rachel Weisz-The Lobster, About a Boy; Nicholas Hoult-X_Men:Apocalypse, About a Boy and Emma Stone-La La Land, The Amazing Spider_Man 2.
This is a period piece-specifically, 18Th century England-that is loosely based on actual events. Olivia plays Queen Anne, a rather sickly queen that has let her long time friend Lady Sarah run every day queenly type events. Rachel plays Lady Sarah. Winston Churchill is a descendant of Lady Sarah. Olivia has gout-among other problems-and has to use crutches or a wheel chair to get around at times. Olivia and Rachel have more than just a friendly relationship going on. When Emma-Rachel's cousin-comes to town, looking for a job, things get real cat fighty like when Olivia takes a liking to Emma. Rachel is very jealous-wanting to keep Olivia to herself-and the games begin, each one trying to fend for Olivia's good will. Nicholas plays a politician pushing for his own agendas from Olivia. The movie is comical but it's not a comedy, like it is being advertised as. I would have liked it more except for the ending-it was just a little weird.
It's rated "R" for language and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 59 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD-maybe with a better ending-but it would be alright, as a rental.