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The Favourite

Movie · 2018 · 120 min

A barbed, exquisitely nasty court comedy where power games play out with deadpan cruelty and surprising emotional ache.

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2018 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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Year
2018
Runtime
120 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • obsession
  • class
Places
  • single country house
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by
Tony McNamara, Deborah Davis
Starring
Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn, Jack Veal, James Smith
Cinematography
Robbie Ryan
Runtime
120 min
Country
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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