The Favourite

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2019)

The Favourite is a period piece with the touch of Yorgos Lanthimos unique style all over it . It is unfair , I feel , to compare it to Barry Lyndon , as I see this movie stands on its own as one of the best period pieces that were filmed.
First of this movie is just gorgeous to look at with great costumes and makeup , cinematography was good not with issues but not big ones , and the use of mostly practical lighting was a great choice by Yorgos and
Robbie Ryan .
Although Lanthimos didn't make his actors look emotionless and talk like robots but Olivia Coleman was brilliant playing the depressed Queen Anne who was a sensitive child looking for love , accompanied by what I think must be Emma Stone's best performance and a solid one from Rachel Weisz , playing the cousins who want to win her over .
It is a funny movie with clever dialogue and some political commentary from here to there and lots of good performances and a director who is going to make his name remembered in the not so distant future , just go watch it .