Review: Wickedly entertaining ‘The Favourite’ forms a perfect triangle in Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone
LA TimesFilm Critic There may be no funnier or sadder scene in a movie this year than the dance that takes place midway through “The Favourite.” A gathering is underway at the palace of Queen Anne, though if you didn’t know better, the stilted, otherworldly air of formality and absurdity might put you in mind of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. A regal figurehead one minute and a wailing, helpless grotesque the next, Colman’s Anne is at all times the aching human centerpiece of this splendidly wicked and almost indecently entertaining movie. Meanwhile, Sarah’s hushed-up dalliances with the queen are among the many weapons she uses to manipulate her behind closed doors, plying her with giggling confidences one minute and pummeling her with insults the next. RELATED: Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos reinvent the costume drama with ‘The Favourite’ » ------------ ‘The Favourite’ Rated: R, for strong sexual content, nudity and language Running time: 2 hours, 1 minute Playing: Arclight Cinemas, Hollywood; the Landmark, West Los Angeles [email protected] | Twitter: @JustinCChang
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