Sunday, February 17, 2019

The Favourite


The Favourite is a historical period drama set in early 1700's England. Based roughly on a true story of a love triangle between Queen Ann and two of her servants.

This fantastic all-woman leading cast starred Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, an emotional, easily manipulated, insecure woman, longing of love and admiration. Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah, the confident, controlling, smart politically savvy cousin to Abigail played by Emma Stone. A lady who had fallen from grace who was ambitious and cutthroat. Doing whatever she could to advance her position and be in the queen’s favor. All three women brought very diverse and strong performances. All worthy of their Oscar nominations.

I thought that plot was interesting but moved kind of slow. The soundtrack was very heavily classical, lots of organ use, it felt like church music. It wasn’t my favorite but it was appropriate for the movie

The cinematography and editing were pretty good, additionally the costumes and sets were beautifully authentic. Overall this was an interesting movie but I don’t think it was worthy of an Oscar Best Picture nomination. This would be one that I would have only wanted to watch at home.

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