Review of Lay the Favorite (2012) by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 07 Dec 2012
A small and not particularly ambitious movie, but it's pleasing and exceptionally well made. It was directed by Stephen Frears, and while it's not up there with his best - "Dangerous Liaisons," "The Queen," "High Fidelity," "Cheri" - Lay the Favorite lavishes the same attention on the personal, on relationships, and, like most Frears films, it puts a woman at the center of the story.
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This review of Lay the Favorite (2012) was written by Mick Lasalle and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 07 Dec 2012.
Lay the Favorite has generally received mixed reviews.
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