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Review for the film " The Favourite"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 59 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Release Date: 2019

Genre: Historical, Drama, Biography

Similar To: His Three Daughters, Lonely Planet, Rez Ball, Happiness Is

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CAST & CREW

Rachel Weisz

Nicholas Hoult

Emma Stone

Olivia Colman

Yorgos Lanthimos

Ed Guiney

Ken Kao

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Producer:

Yorgos Lanthimos

Lee Magiday

Ed Guiney

Ceci Dempsey

Musician:

Alexis Bennett

Editor:

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Composer:

William Lyons

Director:

Yorgos Lanthimos

Supporting Actress:

Emma Stone

Olivia Colman

Rachel Weisz

Costume Designer:

Sandy Powell

Art Director:

Dominic Roberts

Sarah Bick

Caroline Barclay

Sound Designer:

Johnnie Burn

empty:

James Blackwell

Atilla Salih Yücer

Second Assistant Director:

Marios Hamboulides

Co-Producer:

Jennifer Semler

Director of Photography:

Robbie Ryan

Executive Producer:

Josh Rosenbaum

Deborah Davis

Tony McNamara

Andrew Lowe

Ken Kao

Daniel Battsek

Rose Garnett

Line Producer:

Cait Collins

Casting Director:

Dixie Chassay

Still Photographer:

Liane Escorza

Sarah Bick

Atsushi Nishijima

empty:

Johnnie Burn

Assistant Editor:

Jessica Medlycott

Assistant Costume Designer:

Courtney McClain

Sarah Young

Oliver Garcia

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Kenneth Coyne

Ed Bruce

Screenplay Writer:

Tony McNamara

Deborah Davis

Gaffer:

Andy Cole

Foley Artist:

Caoimhe Doyle

Production Designer:

Fiona Crombie

Set Decorator:

Alice Felton

Casting Assistant:

Lucy Jordan

Joanna Sturrock

Costume Assistant:

Charlotte Louise Ward

Kitty Bennett

Marianna Frannais

Location Manager:

Daragh Coghlan

Ben Mangham

Makeup Artist:

Beverley Binda

Hannah Edwards

Hair Stylist:

Beverley Binda

Hannah Edwards

Samantha Denyer

Special Effects Coordinator:

Bob Thorne

Special Effects Technician:

James Churches

Stunt Coordinator:

Jo McLaren

Stunt Performer:

Anthony Skrimshire

Chelsea Mather

Jonny Stockwell

Stunt Double:

Kim McGarrity

Digital Compositor:

Gabriel Carvacho

Denny Cahill

Amrei Bronnenmayer

Ronan Gantly

Mihai Dumbravescu

Leona Helly

Sound Mixer:

Rashad Hall Heinz

Colorist:

Doychin Margoevski

Sound Editor:

Johnnie Burn

Brendan Feeney

First Assistant Editor:

James Panting

Online Editor:

Russell White

Supporting Actor:

Jenny Rainsford

Joe Alwyn

John Locke

LillyRose Stevens

Mark Gatiss

Nicholas Hoult

Paul Swaine

Timothy Innes

Jennifer White

James Smith

Anthony Dougall

Ben English

Carolyn Saint Pe

Denise Mack

Edward Aczel

Emma Delves

Faye Daveney

James Melville

Willem Dalby

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Plot

It’s the early 18th century and a war for the Spanish succession is going on. England is at war with France but that does not stop all the fancy merriment activities like duck racing or pineapple eating. The throne is under the control of Queen Anne, played by the evergreen Olivia Colman Olivia Colman, whose birth name is Sarah Caroline >> Read More... and assisting the queen is Lady Sarah, Queen’s closest lady friend. Queen suddenly starts becoming ill and asks lady Sarah to look after and govern the country in place of her ill health, indirectly of course. A former aristocrat, Abigail hill arrives at the palace with no fortune and practically begs for a job. She is appointed as a servant. Abigail quickly learns of the functioning of the palace and sees an opportunity to get back her fortune and position and create a better life for herself. While Sarah is busy with the war politics and governing, Abigail begins to spend time with the queen, to be her companion in times of loneliness, this angers Sarah, and it marks the start of a cold war between the two ladies. The movie will focus on who will come out victorious among the two ladies and become the queen’s favourite.

Star Performance

Emma Stone Emma Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her or >> Read More... , Olivia Colman, and Rachel Weisz She’s one of the acclaimed and well-received actre >> Read More... star together in one movie focusing on female dynamics. The movie is about power, greed, politics, ambiguity, and evil. The three women have done a tremendous job portraying the depth of their characters, and their involvement in violence, adultery, and dirty politics. The men in the movie have little to no role accept adding to the usual elements of the main three ladies and their story.

Analysis

I love a drama piece, anything to do with costumes and hefty dialogues, makes me want to devour that movie. The favourite is one such movie that I was looking forward to for a while, so when I finally watched it, I for sure had thoughts. I love how the story only revolves around the three men and their lives, we do get to see our lovely Joe Alwyn with 18th century deemed makeup occasionally, but the movie mainly only draws attention to the lives of Queen Anne, her loyal friend, and companion Sarah and a poor ex-aristocrat Abigail trying to climb her way back to richness. The movie has amazing cinematography, The dialogues and the costumes are era-appropriate, and mix it with themes of violence and adultery and dirty politics, you have a winner. Olivia Colman manages to shine wherever she is, in every role from comedy to crime, she brings her A game and that makes her my definite favourite British artist.

What’s There

Three amazing and talented women
Rich storyline
Nearly perfect cinematography
Era appropriate dressing

What’s Not There

Lack of flaws

Verdict

You know I love a bit of history and period drama with a good emotional rollercoaster, The favourite has it all, from the actors and their costumes to their marvellous acting, the movie is a must watch for appropriate audiences.