pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FUN
12
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
47
how much it moved you
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Read from 55 comments (49 from Metacritic, 6 from TMDB reviews) — 13 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Very little of it ever resolves.
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“utterly engaging from beginning to end”
Gimly · TMDB reviews ↗
“a long, weird and maybe even dull (for some) story”
Manuel São Bento · TMDB reviews ↗
“Hugely entertaining film from start to finish”
furious_iz · TMDB reviews ↗
“The ending is truly extraordinary; the overlapping faces of Abigail and Queen Anne leave an unforgettable impression. Transitioning into a sea of multiplying rabbits through a wordless long take, the closing moments vividly evoke a profound sense of anxiety, emptiness, and cruelty.”
famfacat · Metacritic ↗
“the first fifteen minutes took me quite a bit because of the great atmosphere, music and costumes”
Mikibruno02 · Metacritic ↗
“The ending is the only part where this film that slows down effectively making us consider what it is to lose bits and pieces of oneself and one’s morals”
pijgogo · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“The Favourite has ribaldry and intelligence to burn, a deliciously entertaining period piece that feels liberated by its period, rather than restrained and invigorates like a glass of wine thrown violently in your face.”
John Bleasdale, CineVue · 100
“[Yorgos Lanthimos'] fabulously entertaining tragicomedy, The Favourite, is a juicy power tangle connecting three women in the royal court of early 18th-century England, played by a divine trio who bounce off one another with obvious relish.”
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter · 100
“The Favourite is one of those rare films where the energy generated by three talents at the top of their game and the energy generated by their characters swirl and merge in a perfect storm.”
Lee Marshall, Screen Daily · 100
“This time the irony is of the tragic kind, and the stinging, wicked wit is tinctured with wholly new notes of tenderness.”
Jessica Kiang, The Playlist · 100
“This couldn’t be further from the corsets and curtsies of your typical Hollywood prestige period piece. It’s more like "All About Eve" directed by a Satyricon-era Fellini all hopped up with enough sex, deviance, hypocrisy, decadence, and spicy profanity to make your average Masterpiece Theatre patron reach into their PBS tote bag for some smelling salts.”
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 25 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“The ending is truly extraordinary; the overlapping faces of Abigail and Queen Anne leave an unforgettable impression. Transitioning into a sea of multiplying rabbits through a wordless long take, the closing moments vividly evoke a profound sense of anxiety, emptiness, and cruelty.”
famfacatabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“the first fifteen minutes took me quite a bit because of the great atmosphere, music and costumes”
Mikibruno02about 0–15% inread it ↗
“The ending is the only part where this film that slows down effectively making us consider what it is to lose bits and pieces of oneself and one’s morals”
pijgogoabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“And the ending was so wtf. I didn't understand what happened in the end.”
BeatrixKiddoabout 80–100% inread it ↗
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