The Shooting Party

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Scott R @ScottR 6d NYT 1000 films. Felt like a tv movie, with good actors, but poor sound and direction. It had potential, but I felt myself confused on who characters were and their motivations. They should have been more clearly introduced. I also couldn’t understand some muffled voices. It also had good symbolism about the time period before WW1 that could have played a bigger role throughout the movie. Saw on YouTube. See more david f 06/25/2022 I expect the success of Downton Abbey might lead people to seek out this movie, since it's a classic British Country House story with aristocrats and their servants living out various soap opera stories over a weekend highlighted by hunting just before the first World War. It's subtle and feels inconsequential up until the last act tragedy which raises it much above what came before. See more 04/28/2012 A solid movie about issues of class and the ending of the aristocracy around the beginning of WWI. See more 02/09/2012 Well acted and thoughtful film about the British upper classes set the year before the start of The Great War. James Mason is excellent as are the rest of the distinguished British cast, including Sir John Gielgud, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy and Gordon Jackson. See more 01/08/2011 Given the cast it should have been a much better film and a little less hammy in places. Gosford Park examined many of the same themes but did it so much better. See more 12/28/2010 Aristocrats assemble for a weekend shooting party in 1913, unaware that their whole way of life is about to change forever. An understated and meditative film, beautifully photographed and evocatively scripted, and the cast simply couldn't have brought their characters to life any more vividly. James Mason is particularly outstanding as Sir Randolph Nettleby, one of the few aristocrats in the film with any conscience or humanity, and Gordon Jackson is just as good as the beater who comes to a sticky end. See more Read all reviews

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