In his review for '' Entertainment Weekly '' , Chris Nashawaty gave the film an " A " rating , praising the effective presentation of themes dealing with royalty and associated " steamier , fact-adjacent subplots " . " It 's worth pointing out that '' The Favourite '' is easily Lanthimos ' most user-friendly movie , which is n't to say it is n't strange enough to please his fans , just that it may also convert a legion of new ones , " he wrote . Peter Travers from '' Rolling Stone '' gave the movie five stars , saying , " Emma Stone , Rachel Weisz and the mighty Olivia Colman turn a period piece into a caustic comeuppance comedy with fangs and claws … It 's a bawdy , brilliant triumph , directed by Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos with all the artistic reach and renegade deviltry … '' The Favourite '' belongs to its fierce , profanely funny female trio . " Anthony Lane , writing for '' The New Yorker '' , contrasted the film 's ″ unmistakable whiff of ... fun " to the mood of Lanthimos ' previous film , '' The Killing of a Sacred Deer '' , making special note of the strength of the film 's female characters . '' Entertainment Weekly '' , in their assessment of the year 's best films , had two reviewers listing the film in first place , with one , Leah Greenblatt , remarking " You might not actually want to live in Yorgos Lanthimos ' sticky tar pit of palace intrigue — a place where Olivia Colman 's batty Queen ca n't trust anyone beyond her pet rabbits , and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone treat loyalty like a blood sport — but God it 's fun as hell to visit . " David Sims writing for '' The Atlantic '' magazine found the film to be an effective satire of its historical period stating , " Were it just a straightforward comedy , '' The Favourite '' would still be a success . It has plenty of satirical bite , and its plot structure ( the roller-coaster-like power struggle between Abigail and Sarah ) is an utter blast . " The film , which has received multiple awards and nominations , won two Venice International Film Festival awards : the Grand Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress . It also won 10 British Independent Film Awards , including Best British Independent Film ; Best Actress ; Best Supporting Actress ; Best Director , and Best Screenplay . It was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards , including Best Picture , and was ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of 2018 . It was nominated for ten Oscars at the 91st Academy Awards — including Best Picture — and was thus tied with '' Roma '' as the most-nominated film of that year . Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actress
British Independent Film Awards
British Independent Film Awards 2018
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