The Favourite
- 2019 film
Olivia Colman stars as a frail Queen Anne in this film from the director of The Lobster. Also features Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith and more.
Streaming rank this week: 284
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Olivia Colman wins best actress award in Venice
British star honoured for her role as Queen Anne in Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos's quirky period comedy The Favourite. The film also won the grand jury prize, the festival's second-most prestigious.
Lin Jenkins, The Guardian, 8th September 2018Hilarious royal comedy The Favourite leads in Venice
Wicked and powerful women took the Venice film festival by storm on Thursday with a viciously funny British period comedy, The Favourite, already being talked of as an Oscar contender.
The Straits Times, 31st August 2018Review: The Favourite - cheeky and hilarious
All this bawdiness and chicanery would be entertaining enough, but it is given a raucous spin by Lanthimos, working from a very funny original screenplay.
Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 31st August 2018The Favourite review
Yorgos Lanthimos brings scabrous energy to this dark comedy of 18th-century court intrigue and Colman excels herself.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30th August 2018