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Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone star in the incredibly dull and ugly period drama The Favourite. The story follows two cousins in the royal court as they vie for ... Home TopBoxOffice Tickets&Showtimes DVD&Streaming TV News What'stheTomatometer®? 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TheFavourite Videos 2:07 TheFavourite:Trailer1 1:09 TheFavourite:TeaserTrailer1 ViewAllVideos(2) TheFavourite Photos ViewAllPhotos(26) MovieInfo Intheearly18thcentury,EnglandisatwarwiththeFrench.Nevertheless,duckracingandpineappleeatingarethriving.AfrailQueenAnneoccupiesthethrone,andherclosefriendLadySarahgovernsthecountryinhersteadwhiletendingtoAnne'sillhealthandmercurialtemper.Whenanewservant,Abigail,arrives,hercharmendearshertoSarah.SarahtakesAbigailunderherwing,andAbigailseesachancetoreturntoheraristocraticroots. Rating: R(Nudity|Language|StrongSexualContent) Genre: Drama, Comedy OriginalLanguage: English(UnitedKingdom) Director: YorgosLanthimos Producer: YorgosLanthimos, CeciDempsey, EdGuiney, LeeMagiday Writer: DeborahDavis, TonyMcNamara ReleaseDate(Theaters): Dec14,2018  wide ReleaseDate(Streaming): Feb12,2019 BoxOffice(GrossUSA): $34.2M Runtime: 2h0m Distributor: FoxSearchlight SoundMix: DolbyDigital AspectRatio: Flat(1.85:1) Cast&Crew OliviaColman QueenAnne RachelWeisz LadySarah EmmaStone Abigail NicholasHoult Harley JoeAlwyn Masham JamesSmith Godolphin MarkGatiss LordMarlborough JennyRainsford Mae LiamFleming Kevin CarolynSaint-Pé MadameTournée JohnLocke EvictionCourtier YorgosLanthimos Director DeborahDavis Screenwriter TonyMcNamara Screenwriter AndrewLowe ExecutiveProducer DanielBattsek ExecutiveProducer RoseGarnett ExecutiveProducer JoshRosenbaum ExecutiveProducer KenKao ExecutiveProducer TonyMcNamara ExecutiveProducer DeborahDavis ExecutiveProducer YorgosLanthimos Producer CeciDempsey Producer EdGuiney Producer LeeMagiday Producer RobbieRyan Cinematographer YorgosMavropsaridis FilmEditor FionaCrombie ProductionDesign LynneHuitson SupervisingArtDirection CarolineBarclay ArtDirector DominicRoberts ArtDirector ShowallCast&Crew CriticReviewsforTheFavourite AllCritics(423) |TopCritics(86) |Fresh(393) |Rotten(30) FullReview… MollyHaskell FilmCommentMagazine FullReview… CateYoung indieWire FullReview… JourdainSearles BitchMedia FullReview… RyanGilbey NewStatesman FullReview… A.O.Scott NewYorkTimes FullReview… LarushkaIvan-Zadeh MetroNewspaper(UK) FullReview… JasonAdams MyNewPlaidPants FullReview… TaylorBaker DrinkintheMovies FullReview… BenTurner ThePinkLens FullReview… MilanaVujkov LolaOnFilm FullReview… RobinHolabird KUNR(Reno,NV) FullReview… YasminOmar Harper'sBazaar ViewAllCriticReviews(423) AudienceReviewsforTheFavourite Feb21,2020 RachelWeiszandEmmaStonestarintheincrediblydullanduglyperioddramaTheFavourite.ThestoryfollowstwocousinsintheroyalcourtastheyviefortheaffectionsofQueenAnne,eachmanipulatinghertotheirownends.Thefilmmakersadmitupfrontthattheydon'tcareabouthistoricalaccuracy,andarere-imaginingthepeopleandevents.Butworsethanthatarethebizarredirectingchoices;usingdistortedcameraanglesrandomlyfornoapparentreason.WeiszandStonebothgivestrongperformances,butthey'replayingdislikablecharacters(cheating,connivingbitches,thoughnotinafunway).Still,someofthedarkhumorandslapstickworks,andthesetsandcostumesareincrediblywell-done.YetoverallTheFavouriteisanextremelyboringfilmthat'spoorlymade. DannM SuperReviewer Sep27,2019 Unfortunately,notasweirdaswhatI'vecometoexpectfromLanthimos,butstillcompelling,gorgeous,andirreverent,evendarklyfunnybytimes. DanielP SuperReviewer Apr19,2019 Anicelydoneexposeofwhatknife-in-the-backpoliticscanhappenwhiletheboysareofffightingawar(theEnglish,again,withtheFrench!).Inthisonetheladiesmixitupprettydamngood,dressedtothe17thcenturyninesfortheirWWFcagematch-up.Thequeenisalittleaddlepatedupstairsandsorequiressomehands-oncoaching,andsoinadvertentlysettingupthebattletobeher"bestfriend"incourt.RachelWeiszandEmmaStonearekillerasthemainevent,butOliviaColeman'sQueenislikelookingatoneofthosewill-you-feed-this-hungry-childinfomercialstheyshowovernight.Wickedbadger. KevinM.W SuperReviewer Jan22,2019 Prestigecinemaindeed!TheFavouriteisaperioddramaabouttwowomenfeudingovertheaffectionsandfavorofthelongsufferingandmercurialQueenAnne.ItisessentiallyBarryLyndonwithadashoftheCoenBros,inthatwegetaKubrick-esqueperfectlyframedrenditionofeighteenth-centuryaristocracy,butwithplentyofdarkcomedyandoffbeathumoralongtheway.Thereasontobehere,ofcourse,areourtwoleadingactresses,RachelWeiszandEmmaStone.WeiszplaysSarah,theDuchessofMarlborough(husbandoftheDukeofMarlborough,thefamousBritishsoldier),whileStoneplaysherdisgracedcousinAbigail,attemptingaclimbbackupthesocialladder.Sarahisthemoreestablished,masculine,andbusiness-orientedrival,whileAbigailisthemoreplayful,effeminate,andunderhandedcontender.WhenyouplaytheGameofThrones...well,youknowtherest. TheFavouriteisperhapsthebestshotfilmoftheyearandIwasn'tkiddingwiththeBarryLyndoncomparisonearlier.Bothandindoorandoutdoorscenesappearnaturallylit,andtherearemanymomentswhereonlydimcandlelightilluminatesthecavernousandornateroomswhichdwarfoursubjects.Everyimageispresentedasapainting,whichoftenframesthecharactersagainstotherworksofart-presentingthemasbothamasterpieceandcaricatureofthemselvesandtheperiodtheyrepresent.DirectorYorgosLanthimosisknownforhisoffbeatandcontroversialfilms(TheLobsterandKillingofaSacredDeer)andthisisperhapshismostconventionalfilmtodate,butdon'tletthatlabelmisleadyou.It'sastillaseriouspicturethatintendstochallengeyou. BothWeiszandStonearegoddamnperfectanddeserveeverystatuethrowntheirway.ButI'dberemissnottomentionOliviaColmanasQueenAnne.ColmanplaysAnneasborderlineautisticandmanic-depressiveandavoidshammingupherperformance,whichwouldhavecheapenedthefilm.ThefilmtakesINCREDIBLElibertieswithhistoricalaccuracyforsomeofherbehaviorandrelationships,butIunderstandtheartisticintent.Thisfilmgetsalotofmileageoutofthethemethatroyal"favourites"wereessentiallyprostitutes(sexualornot),whoshapedthecourseofhistory,forbetterorforworse.Theendingisabitbizarreandmayirkaudienceswithitsabstractnature.Iunderstooditssymbolism,butitwastrulyanoddchoice.Eitherway,TheFavouriteisthebestperioddramaof2018andamongthemoreinterestingdramasinrecentmemory. JoshuaS SuperReviewer SeeallAudiencereviews Quotes Therearenoapprovedquotesyetforthismovie. 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