Go See 'The Favourite,' You Corny-Faced Blunderbuss

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in 'The Favourite.' Director Yorgos Lanthimos is responsible for the lavish indignity parade, set among the labyrinthine power struggles of Queen Anne’s 18th century Great British court. So we’re back, discussing the merits of yet another film for the moviegoing public, and I just have one question, yes or no: “The Favourite” is easily the feel-good movie on the year? I didn’t really consider that Sarah might really love the queen until her final plea to get back in Anne’s favor, when she says, “I will not lie; that is love!” But even then, Sarah might just have been pulling out all the stops for her last shot at good standing. Zeba: I didn’t know that the sexual relationships between Anne, Sarah and Abigail would be part of the film, and I think if that detail was hidden from the trailers it wasn’t so much because the film wants to distance itself from the queer elements within it but just because when we find out that Anne and Sarah are lovers, it is a genuinely shocking moment/twist and plays a huge role in how the rest of the movie plays out.