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Movie review: &#039;The Favourite&#039; pokes fun at aristocrats&#039; struggle for power - Daily Bruin

Movie review: &#8216;The Favourite&#8217; pokes fun at aristocrats&#8217; struggle for power

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Shrewd women vie for power, pretty men are rejected as frivolous and treacherous fun abounds in “The Favourite.” Writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos, who is most well-known for his art-house cinema hits “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” once again brings a measure of brutal hilarity to the screen.

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Movie review: ‘The Favourite’ pokes fun at aristocrats’ struggle for power

By Jordan Wilson

Nov. 23, 2018 4:52 p.m.