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Rachel Weisz

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Why The Favourite should win the best picture Oscar

Yorgos Lanthimos upends expectations of a polite period drama with a wild, raucous, dark comedy filled with perversity, pettiness and pet rabbits.

Benjamin Lee, The Guardian, 15th February 2019

The Favourite wins seven BAFTAs but Roma wins Best Film

The period comedy did win the most awards on the night, winning seven awards including "Outstanding British Film", "Original Screenplay", "Leading Actress" for Olivia Colman and "Supporting Actress" for Rachel Weisz.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 10th February 2019

Manga creator draws The Favourite film art

Manga creator Mitsukazu Mihara drew an art piece inspired by the Oscar-nominated film The Favourite.

Lynzee Loveridge, Anime News Network, 4th February 2019

Oscars 2019: The Favourite co-leads nominations

Olivia Colman's royal romp The Favourite and Netflix's black-and-white epic Roma lead this year's Oscar race, with 10 nominations each.

BBC, 22nd January 2019

The Favourite among winners of London critics' awards

[i]Roma was named best picture, while The Favourite picked up British/Irish film of the year and its stars Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz won acting awards.

BBC, 21st January 2019

Olivia Colman wins Critics' Choice Award

She already has one gong under her belt this award's season after being honoured with the Best Actress award at the Golden Globes last week. And Olivia Colman now has another to add to the collection, following her win at the Critics' Choice Awards in the Actress in a Comedy section.

As well as Olivia's award, Sunday's ceremony also saw the cast scoop the Best Ensemble Prize.

Charlotte Dean, Daily Mail, 14th January 2019

What people are saying about The Favourite

Thanks to Olivia Colman's Golden Globes win on Sunday and its domination of the BAFTA nominations on Wednesday, The Favourite is rapidly becoming one of awards season's most talked-about movies. This is definitely A Good Thing. After all, how many high-profile films give intriguing, three-dimensional roles to three fantastic actresses?

Nick Levine, Refinery 29, 12th January 2019

Review: The Favourite

Eddie Kaziro reviews the highly anticipated period-parody.

Eddie Kaziro, Nouse, 7th January 2019

The Favourite: a laugh rate on a par with Airplane!

Consistently, relentlessly hilarious, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are on top form in this deranged court comedy.

Christopher Hooton, The Independent, 2nd January 2019

Review: The Favourite

With a running time of just under two hours, The Favourite positively gallops along, making me laugh out loud and, occasionally, gasp in surprise. It would be very hard to think of a more enjoyable way to begin a new year's viewing.

Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 2nd January 2019

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