Atom User Reviews for The Favourite
Basically everyone at the theater where I saw this movie had the same reaction. We didn’t know what to think of it but we didn’t like it. It was just kind of stunned silence.
You honestly never leave the atmosphere of this movie until you are dismissed. Definitely the most Award worthy film of the winter. Do not miss it.
It was great until the last 15 mins. The movie was very surpsrising. - I liked it a lot.
Not at all what I was expecting. The acting was excellent. But otherwise, this was just a strange, kind of icky movie. A little too artsy for my tastes.
Three superb performances by the leading ladies! Viscous script that highlights the comedy without dulling the pathos .
The most depressing, vile movie I’ve seen in many years. The worst since Caligula.
You never get emotionally invested in any character so you never really care what happens to them. AND it’s slow. AND very little happens. AND nobody cares.
Olivia Colman gives a powerful, fun and evolving performance. Slowly stealing the show as the film steps and stabs to its conclusion. Ending will leave some audience members craving more definition, but I found it perfectly somber. It is claustrophobic, as intended, so try…
Total waste of time. It ended and those of us that lasted to the end were dumbfounded. I can't believe I wasted a movie day on this.
Thought it was boring and degrading to all the characters. Nothing redeeming about it.
I almost left half way through
Boring waist of time
Very bizarre ending!
The worst movie I have seen in years.
Strangest and most perverted movie. Don't waste your time or money. Emma Stone what were you thinking
You won’t like any of characters. Or care.
some nice moments, but it didn't quite come together....
The best of 2018
A few fun moments but not enough
Different thaniexpected
Better suited as an episode of a prestige historical drama than a full length feature film.
The favourite is more about the writing and message than the cast. It’s smart in the slow reveal. It hit me about 3/4 through. It’s dark humor presents truth after truth. But it is a niche film. A thoughtful film not a popcorn one. Well done!!
long.....lots of long shots of the eyes.....weird story. acting was good but i could use those two plus hours of my life back.
Absolutely breathtaking this is unique
Interesting historic piece highlighted by excellent performances by Coleman, Weisz and Stone. Slow pacing will make it less attractive to some watchers.
It was so weird in a really good way. I was totally engaged the entire film had me waiting to see what would happen next.
It was a good movie with great performances from the entire cast. Not for everyone but I enjoyed it. You’ll definitely have to be in the mood for a period film centered around a royal court and all they do to get what they want over what may be best for the queen or the…
movie was good, had funny bits
sometimes i get sick of watching women take each other down, but i laughed the entire time
The ending was a bit confusing? but overall an amazing performance from the female cast!!
The whole movie is a treat and the cast is deliciously venomous and decadent. Rachel Weisz reigns, loves and directs the state and and the heart of the queen, she is just excellentissime. Emma Stone and Nicholas Hoult play to perfection ambition and its attributes: cruelty,…
Smart. Original. Best British period piece in the last decade.
Disgusting and a waste of time and money. Kept waiting for it to get better, never manifested- don’t waste your time
Eh, boring
I always expect great things from Lanthimos and this did not disappoint!
While the cast is wonderful, the story isn't. It tries to address too many issues and falls short with all. Music horrendously annoying. Often shot with blinding light obscuring the scene. Go elsewhere!
Complete waste of time. Boring, depraved, atrocious, painful to watch. Should have walked out!
Loved the cast.
The acting was excellent but the picture was odd.
wired
I really didn't like it maybe for critics but not for me... Kinda disappointing! Actors were great but nothing that astonishing
Good story, but was not a fan of the "artful" shots. Fisheye lens threw a gaudy vibe
left you at a cliff hanger so that was annoying but overall fairly entertaining
Great performances. Amazing costumes
I'd give it a big fat ZERO if I could. The worst movie I've ever seen. I wish I would have walked out; no point to the movie...just the same scenario played over and over again. can someone tell me, what was the POINT of this movie"?
Very colorful. The sparring women were wonderful. A lot of terrific moments. The only terrible thing was the credits which were illegible and insulting to all those who worked on the picture.
Phenomenal job on costumes and scene sets, great acting, but very strange movie about how royalty and those around them can be quite mad. The ending was very disappointing. It is doubtful I would recommend to anyone.
Not what I was expecting.
Disturbing to think some would give this movie past two stars. Historically inaccurate and typical Hollywood garbage. I would not recommend.
As if people needed another reason to hate Royal families. Here it is.
Metacritic
The actresses are so expert, especially Colman, with her grievous, hardbitten woe, that you may not care, but if one is to mock this sort of historical extravaganza, I much prefer the nutbrain Monty Python approach to all this deep-dish folderol.
The comedy is elegant, frequently dark and genuinely witty. The spectacle is gorgeous.
Though mostly twaddle as history, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite is wonderful, nasty fun, a period drama (wigs, breeches, beauty spots) that holds the screen with gnashing teeth and slashing nails.
