Written by Deborah Davis, and Tony McNamara, who went on to write The Great in a similar vein, as well as the underwhelming Cruella. A fabulous female trio of Olivia Colmans (winning the Oscar), Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz (really good) lead this rude and funny look at court life in eighteenth century Britain, accompanied by music of the period (Handel, Purcell, Bach etc.) which fits really well. It's splendidly photographed on 35mm by Robbie Ryan in what looks like (and is - entirely) natural light - but why use these really wide fish-eye lenses? It's pointless and distracting, and I have to say that again I don't really understand the point of Mr. Lanthimos's film, with its strangely inconclusive ending. Is it about power?
Edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis. With Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, James Smith, Faye Daveney.
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