"The Favourite" Review: Sleeping in English History

In a movie week enriched by “Roma” and “Shoplifters,” both masterpieces, “The Favourite,” which was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, comes as comic relief of a high order. The comedy is elegant, frequently dark and genuinely witty. The spectacle is gorgeous. The revisionism is gleeful—this is early 18th- century English history served sizzling hot. Of the three starring performances, one, by Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, is perfectly wonderful; another, by Emma Stone as Abigail, Sarah’s impecunious cousin, is imperfectly wonderful; while the third, by Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, is a delicious...

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