The Favourite
Disappointing ⭐👎👎👎👎 I cannot remember the last time I was so disappointed by a film. Lanthimos steals from here, there, and everywhere to create this hideous parody. In particular, from the work of Peter Greenaway which is a big mistake as no one does Greenaway like Greenaway. It is visually beautiful, thanks to Fiona Crombie's outstanding sets. Filmed almost entirely within the confines of the royal household apart from a few external shots. The use of a fish eye lens in order to warp perspective is a welcome and much needed point of interest in what feels like an overly long and tedious film. About an hour in I found myself wondering 'how much longer'? Another hour to be precise. I am not sure why it was necessary to appropriate real characters from British history in this period pastiche. There is so little fact, that the entire film, characters and all, may as well be fictional. The story leans heavily on the rumour that Queen Anne was...