Review of The Favourite (2018) by Legitsalt — 03 May 2020
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) is an excellent Greek director and is making some of the most provocative and well-oiled films today. The Favourite is a period piece comedy recounting the love triangle between three highly ranked and influential women.
The Favourite explores the controlling elements of love and how love can be used as both a constructive and destructive force. Lanthimos creates fleshed out and complex characters in this film, each one having independently unique and divergent motivations and agendas.
With this said, The Favourite is also a tale about how conflicting agendas resolve themselves. The three leading women are phenomenal. While they do play up their performances to a certain degree, the performances they end up giving suit the vein of the movie exactly.
The dark comedy and subtly vengefully romantic writing are great and overwhelmingly consistent. The cinematography especially was not only experimental but also well-constructed. The Favourite offers an unparalleled, unmissable experience.
This review of The Favourite (2018) was written by Legitsalt on 03 May 2020.
The Favourite has generally received very positive reviews.
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