I could remember the movie name but not the details. I did a quick Google. OH, that one!

I'm not much for costume period pieces. Is it really good?

I love period pieces, but after your post here, I went over to IMBD to read further and ended up taking it off our movies to see. Thank you!

I liked The Favourite quite a bit, and so did most people I know. If we all liked the same things, life would be quite dull!

My 22 yo son texted DH and me to say we should see it. I’m not sure what it’s even about, but he said “it’s a very unique movie.”

LOVED The Favourite. It's, um, spicy for sure and I wasn't quite expecting some of the more openly sexual aspects of the movie. However I thought it was beautifully balanced between pushing the envelope in terms of style (those fisheye camera views, that dance!) within superb acting and a relatively linear and fact based plot.

I'd say it is a good experience if you like movies that take you on a different ride than what you might expect walking in. Thus, if you go expecting a standard vanilla historical based drama....this might not be your film. If you expect to be surprised....you'll have a great experience.

I went with DD, basically expecting comedy, something along Pride and Prejudice. We definitely enjoyed the movie but wouldn't call it a comedy.

I would definitely call it a comedy, but it's a dark comedy, for sure.

Kkay, wish you and I could be movie buddies! I had the same reaction--and of course movies (like most art) evoke very different reactions in different people.

For example I loathed the movie The Shape of Water. Just could not appreciate it, didn't enjoy the acting, hated the dark, dank cinematography (kept wishing I could get into the screen with a bottle of bleach and a scrub brush LOL). But many folks just adored it including the Oscar voters. I also thought The Favourite was hilarious though I'm a bona fide dark comedy nut; the darker the better.

Wonder if you liked Heathers? And Drop Dead Gorgeous? And my all time hysterical favorite seasonal film, Bad Santa?

I was agnostic about this film until kkay ‘s review. I’m in. Will see it this weekend.

Running, I felt the same way about the Shape of Water.

What did you think was funny?

I thought the scene of the duck shooting was funny.

The scene after Abigail's marriage in her room with her husband.

But overall, I thought much of it was actually very sad, definitely thought provoking, dark. Probably a much better film than I was prepared for.

Now I'm trying to think what movies I find funny. Definitely not slapstick.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite; Borat (but also scary); The Gods Must be Crazy; American Graffiti; How to Loose a Guy in Ten Days

Went with DH and another couple to see this and, like nosoccermom, we were all unprepared given the reviews we had read and somewhat taken aback at what the film turned out to be. Overall I am glad to have seen it although the first descriptor we all had at the conclusion was "weird". The acting is fabulous, the costumes, imagery and some of the scenes are over the top, and there are conclusions to be drawn from the fates of the key players. Maybe a dark comedy morality play?

I have eclectic tastes in books and film that run to the dark, but not necessarily comedic. I enjoyed "Shape of Water," though felt it was overrated. I have never seen Heathers, Drop Dead Gorgeous, or Bad Santa. The last movie that I thought was deeply beautiful (and dark) was the Korean movie "Burning." I also thought "Roma" and "Cold War" were very good. Those are not comedic by any stretch, but rather mysterious and moving (I found). I have difficulty finding anyone who shares my taste in film, except for my son (who is a film editor)—we go out to the movies together and enjoy our ensuing lively discussions.

In "The Favourite," I found so much that was funny. The way the director contrasted modern sensibilities with the mannered behavior of the era made a heady, peculiar mix that I thought was delightful and shocking. This is not your mother's period piece, by a long shot. But at bottom, the power plays, the treachery, the self-interest all felt authentic in spirit, or at least what I imagine those times must have been like, adjacent to royalty.

Kkay, you perfectly expressed what I liked about The Favourite.

Unfortunately we aren't perfect movie soulmates LOL....I can't say I detested Roma because it bored me too much. I felt the director thought he was trying to tell a story from one POV (the maid) but really he was reliving another (his as one of the kids). It didn't move me at all. Haven't seen Cold War yet but want to before the Oscars, it's gotten such great reviews.

I can't say I detested Roma because it bored me too much.

I felt the same way about Vice.

Some f my favorites over the years :

Pulp Fiction

Kill Bill 1 and 2

Dangerous Liaisons

interview with a Vampire (laughed my socks off with this one).

Moulin Rouge

and two Netflix ones

Beasts of No Nation

Black Earth Rising (just binged on this one last evening. Excellent.

Roma and Black Panther are on my list.

I think I would like The Favorite.