the favourite.

November 6, 2021
I watched this movie a few days before writing this one. It was hilarious and funny yet serious and mischievous. I would say women can be extreme. And whoever said that men are genius have never interacted closely with women in their life. Anne, the queen, was portrayed perfectly. The acting was superb. But what i applaud is how the movie wrapped. It ended vaguely but truthfully. Sarah was the one truly in love with Anne. She recalled in the few last scenes how she told anne the latter looked like a badger. And she was right. She did not lie. And that's love. She cared for anne's health by not allowing anne to eat sweets. While sarah was loving anne romantically, anne craved for something impulsive. And that was when abigail took her chance. Abigail knew something was on the rocks and she took advantage of it. She was on the surface kind and sweet and gentle. Beneath her was a cruel and a heartless bitch who only wants power. Anne fell for abigail's youth, charm, and gentleness not knowing she was a hoax. In the final scene when it seemed abigail won and sarah was banished from england, abigail stepped on anne's rabbits forcefully and playfully until the animal squinted which caught queen anne's attention. It was then that the queen knew she trapped herself in a hell with abigail who only took advantage of her power to gain hers. And for the last time in the movie, she asked abigail to "rub her legs" and held her head with force groping her hair. It was when abigail knew she fucked up and she as well locked herself in the hell she created. An activity that was once impulsive and mostly erotic now has become a cold duty and an order she had to obey. The three women were imprisoned in their own hell.
And i think that's why this movie is brilliant because it showcased how women can build things single-handedly and can destroy in one blink. It showed how women, even without power, are very powerful.