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.

Thought it was boring and degrading to all the characters. Nothing redeeming about it.

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.

The worst movie I have seen in years.

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.

I almost left half way through

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 to just sit back and laugh at the absurdity of the wigs and how miserable they actually are in their macabre.

Strangest and most perverted movie. Don't waste your time or money. Emma Stone what were you thinking

Very bizarre ending!

Boring waist of time

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.

You won’t like any of characters. Or care.

Different thaniexpected

The best of 2018

some nice moments, but it didn't quite come together....

Better suited as an episode of a prestige historical drama than a full length feature film.

A few fun moments but not enough

Absolutely breathtaking this is unique

Don’t waist your money...terrible movie.

very well scripted. the cast was great.

sometimes i get sick of watching women take each other down, but i laughed the entire time

Interesting Movie

The movie was different. In the theatre there was stunned silence. I was confused with the ending.

Complete waste of time. Boring, depraved, atrocious, painful to watch. Should have walked out!

Great performances. Amazing costumes

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.

A gratuitous downer of a film

All-around interesting and entertaining.

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 a movie I'd pay to see again

This movie made me laugh out loud multiple times. Absolutely loved it. Cant wait to rewatch it.

I really didn't like it maybe for critics but not for me... Kinda disappointing! Actors were great but nothing that astonishing

Not nearly as good as I thought it would be. A bit disappointed.

Interesting historic piece highlighted by excellent performances by Coleman, Weisz and Stone. Slow pacing will make it less attractive to some watchers.

funny as long as you see the jest. devious plots to be in favor. ending was not as bizarre as quoted, but does go unexplained. decent. not for the average movie goer tho.

Eh, boring

Fascinating movie, strange and disappointing ending.

Not what I was expecting.

The movie story line was organize and explained the story well. I felt some parts were cruel and manipulative. All that would have been ok. But, the story just stopped. That’s it. Line they ran out of time. Really hate sucky endings.

Weitz and Stone are great, and Colman, new to me, had an interesting role. I thought the plot could be a bit more definitive.

movie was good, had funny bits

Charmingly funny!

The acting was excellent but the picture was odd.

The ending was a bit confusing? but overall an amazing performance from the female cast!!

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.

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

The comedy is elegant, frequently dark and genuinely witty. The spectacle is gorgeous.

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

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.

David Edelstein

New York Magazine (Vulture)