Review of The Favourite (2018) by Ccatart — 03 Mar 2019

This movie was destroyed by an inappropriate score/sound design. The performances, script, costumes and art direction are all first rate. The cinematography was not a style that I appreciate, but it was competent.

So was the editing. The sound mix was bad, in that the underscore was always hotter than the dialogue,and the choreography is so modern, it rips your attention right out of the period setting. But the worst offence is the underscore.

It doesnt match the action and pacing at all. If they were shooting for weird and distracting, they succeeded admirably. If on the other hand they wanted all the separate parts to come together to support and add to the story then this movie is a miserable failure! In spite of that fact, some of its individual elements(acting, script, costumes) are Oscar worthy.

All in all, a HUGE disappointment.