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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 06 Dec 2018

I started jotting down clever dialogue from The Favourite in my notepad but I had to stop when I realized I was essentially transcribing the…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original Cin (1,156) on 06 Dec 2018

The movie bridges the traditional Restoration comedy to the political satires of Armando Iannnucci (Veep, The Death of Stalin)…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 06 Dec 2018

The bluntness in Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara's screenplay isn't wit. The script defeats the actors…

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By Anne Brodie (132) for What She Said (131) on 06 Dec 2018

Who the heck knows how accurate any of this is, but Lanthimos creates a total world with people we wouldn't recognise today…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 06 Dec 2018

It’s not history, stunning palace locations and lush costumes aside…

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By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for The Nation (355) on 06 Dec 2018

What sets apart The Favourite most from Lanthimos's previous features is not so much the time period, but its softer treatment of the human…

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By Andrew Parker (194) for The Gate (178) on 05 Dec 2018

The Favourite boasts a sense of humour that might be an acquired taste, but it's written in such a profoundly unique way that the film would…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 05 Dec 2018

The talent is there for the taking, and while Lanthimos dares to make something partially accessible here, he doesn't lose any of his idiosyncrasy…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 05 Dec 2018

Much of The Favourite is caustically clever but it’s Colman who elevates it to something magnificent…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 05 Dec 2018

The real fun here is in the three central performances, each of which threatens to steal the film (giving “The Favourite,” appropriately,…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 05 Dec 2018

The result may peter out on the way to an anticlimactic conclusion but it’s fun while it lasts and at least one of the three peerless female…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 05 Dec 2018

When it comes time to take stock of the damage, it's almost shocking…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 05 Dec 2018

Under a hail of uproarious rage and absurdity, The Favourite subverts the idea that only one kind of person can become a slave to the process…

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By Max Weiss (198) for Baltimore Magazine (197) on 05 Dec 2018

The film is directed with gobs of wit and style by Lanthimos and the costumes and sets are jaw-dropping…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Alcohollywood (38) on 05 Dec 2018

A high-court historical pantomime on par with Stillman's delightful Love & Friendship, slathered with a heaping helping of anger like mud marring…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 05 Dec 2018

Yet for a number of reasons, The Favourite is the first Yorgos Lanthimos film that puts the director’s bitter instincts to good use…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 05 Dec 2018

Lanthimos' production is one of the most beautiful and intriguing of the year - though it's unlikely to be your favorite…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 04 Dec 2018

The Favourite is nasty, hilarious, obscene, absurd, and exquisite…

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By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 03 Dec 2018

The Favourite embraces the humor and hubris of royalty behaving badly to deliver one of 2018's best films…

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By Heather Hogan (13) for Autostraddle (24) on 03 Dec 2018

The most stunning thing about The Favourite is how it slices open three queer women and lets their messy humanity bleed all over you…

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