The Favourite is Yorgos Lanthimos' best English film, and a barbed period piece with winning performances from Emma Stone and Olivia Colman.
As a storyteller, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos can be an acquired taste. Often preferring a sharp and sardonic eye, his first two English language films divided audiences more starkly than they did critics, with The Lobster being an especially cynical parable about the social pressures placed on coupling, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer updating the tragedy of Iphigenia in Aulis to American suburbia. So by virtue of being a period piece, The Favourite is automatically his most accessible (and commercial) English work to date. It also happens to be his very best, utilizing a familiar template that complements his sensibilities, as opposed to contrasts them, and thereby creates a portrait of 18th century England so dry in wit that its canvas appears built of sandpaper.
As a storyteller, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos can be an acquired taste. Often preferring a sharp and sardonic eye, his first two English language films divided audiences more starkly than they did critics, with The Lobster being an especially cynical parable about the social pressures placed on coupling, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer updating the tragedy of Iphigenia in Aulis to American suburbia. So by virtue of being a period piece, The Favourite is automatically his most accessible (and commercial) English work to date. It also happens to be his very best, utilizing a familiar template that complements his sensibilities, as opposed to contrasts them, and thereby creates a portrait of 18th century England so dry in wit that its canvas appears built of sandpaper.
- 9/28/2018
- Den of Geek
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