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By Michael Heaton (182) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 14 Dec 2018

The movie hits the mark in every single frame. There isn't a misstep in the entire two hours... It's played as farce, and it works…

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By Namwali Serpell (4) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 14 Dec 2018

Strangely enough, it may be through its beasts that The Favourite makes the strongest case that women are, in fact, humans…

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By M. Faust (314) for The Public (Buffalo) (288) on 14 Dec 2018

The Favourite is a film that will be admired more than loved, but there's nothing at all wrong with that…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 14 Dec 2018

There are no heroes in The Favourite; there are only sad creatures driven by their various needs…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 13 Dec 2018

The Favourite is an uproarious send-up of the aloofness of royals, and comes alive thanks to its sterling ensemble cast (Nicholas Hoult is…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 13 Dec 2018

It's complex and daring, with a focus on three women's relationships amid devious scheming, profane dialogue and political threats reminiscent…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for The Movie Cricket (81) on 13 Dec 2018

For those who think historical costume dramas, particularly ones set among the English monarchy, are dry and tedious affairs, fasten your corsets…

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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 13 Dec 2018

Three of the best performances of the year. One of the best films. Period…

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By Sean Collier (54) for Pittsburgh Magazine (54) on 13 Dec 2018

Lanthimos ... creates [a] simmering mood of tension, jealousy and rage that layers itself over every scene like a fine dust…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Dec 2018

Lanthimos takes a lean and witty script about conniving women and weak men and imbues it with his own peculiar and pitiless absurdism…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 13 Dec 2018

Fruity is what it is, sometimes squashy and overripe, sometimes firm and appealing, but everything about this film is rich and slightly pungent,…

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By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 12 Dec 2018

An acerbic and abrasively funny period piece featuring three of the best female performances of the year…

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By Christopher Lloyd (287) for The Film Yap (559) on 12 Dec 2018

Featuring a trio of the best performances of the year, The Favourite is a roiling tale of deception, sex, twisted friendship and power…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 12 Dec 2018

Lanthimos' wildly entertaining film arrives as a wickedly funny and masterfully assembled blast of fresh air…

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By Iana Murray (14) for The Skinny (809) on 12 Dec 2018

Maybe Lanthimos does have a heart after all…

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By Mark Demetrius (73) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 12 Dec 2018

like a failed attempt to make a Peter Greenaway film, though without any of his imagination or instinctual flair…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 12 Dec 2018

Deliciously funny . It is 'All About Eve' in the 18th Century in the court of Queen Anne. Performances could not be better…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 12 Dec 2018

The three main performances are delightful to behold. Colman's unpredictability and her constant shifts in mood and tone are extraordinary to watch…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 12 Dec 2018

Despite its period setting, The Favourite just might be Lanthimos’s most trenchant and relevant work yet…

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By Don Shanahan (22) for Every Movie Has a Lesson (22) on 11 Dec 2018

The boredom and dryness still dominate to blast away chances for connection like buckshot through a targeted pigeon's feathers and flesh…

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