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The Favourite
The Favourite

The Favourite

2018 120 min ★ 7.5 History, Comedy, Drama

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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Cast

Emma Stone

Emma Stone

Abigail

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Queen Anne

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Lady Sarah

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult

Harley

Joe Alwyn

Joe Alwyn

Masham

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Lord Marlborough

James Smith

James Smith

Godolphin

Jenny Rainsford

Jenny Rainsford

Mae

Emma Delves

Queen's Maid

Faye Daveney

Faye Daveney

Sarah's Maid

Details

Director

Yorgos Lanthimos

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$95,918,706

Production

Waypoint Entertainment, Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Film4 Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, TSG Entertainment

Reviews

G

Gimly

January 20, 2019

★ 6/10

Overrated? Most assuredly, but utterly engaging from beginning to end. Not Yorgos' most humorous piece, but technically sound and brilliantly acted. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

M

Manuel São Bento

February 8, 2019

★ 8/10

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) The Favourite is one of the most acclaimed movies of last year, receiving multiple nominations at dozens of awards shows and winning a whole bunch of them (2nd most awarded film of 2018, behind Roma). Being a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos’ style, I couldn’t be happier for him, and I was now even more excited to watch what he produ...

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furious_iz

May 24, 2019

★ 10/10

Hugely entertaining film from start to finish, with amazing performances from the three lead women. Emma Stone proves that once again she's not just a pretty face as the conniving and troubled Abigail, Rachel Weisz is always on form as the controlling and vindictive Sarah and Olivia Coleman deserved the Oscar as the childish and sickly Queen Anne. Nicholas Hoult's foppish rogue Harley steals every...

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Stephen Campbell

July 5, 2019

★ 7/10

**_Fans of Yorgos Lanthimos will love it_** > _A setback for women? How can it set women back to prove that women fart and vomit and hate and love and do all the things men do? All human beings are the same. We're all multifaceted, many-layered, disgusting and gorgeous and powerful and weak and filthy and brilliant. That's what's nice. It doesn't make women an old-fashioned thing of delicacy._ ...

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John Chard

March 22, 2020

★ 7/10

Some wounds do not close; I have many such. One just walks around with them and sometimes one can feel them filling with blood. The Favourite is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. It stars Olivia Colman, Rachael Weisz, Emma Stone, Faye Daveney, James Smith, Mark Gatiss, Willem Dalby and Nicholas Hoult. In early 18th century England, a frail Que...

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