Gosford Park

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Paul A What makes this movie work so well for me is how the characters have their own personality. Their actions ring true to their motives and the drama is entirely human even with the various contrivances. The actions felt appropriate for the period and I believed this to be a story that could actually have happened. It is sincere and bitter sweet. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Audience Member I wanted to like it but I was just bored. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Ted B 3.5 stars; Although billed as a combination of Agatha Christie and "Upstairs, Downstairs", I found it more like a new chapter of the latter. I would have liked to rate this movie higher. The issue was with me and not so much with Mr. Altman, who did an excellent job of delving into the great distinctions in and between the classes of 1930s England. I unfortunately had bought into the mystery aspect as advertised. It turned out the real mystery didn't insert itself until the movie was 80% over. However, that remaining 20% was as clever as a Christie novel. I really enjoyed (spoiler alert!!!) where the protagonist decides not to involve the police with the solution to the murder. As she put it, "what purpose would it serve?". Ms. Christie used this moral on rare occasions in the Poirot and Marple series'. A big plus was the serious acting performances given by an all star cast that measured up to and exceeded the bar. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Kevin L I could watch and enjoy these type dramas when I was younger. Now it's often a slog for me. All well made with a stellar cast showing why it's a stellar cast. Emily Watson, Kelly MacDonald, Scott-Thomas, Owen, Smith- all eggsalad. But there's pacing and content that just seems so redundant. Editor? Hello? Cut this by 23%, plz. Esp. Ivor on the piano. Goes on for days. 3 sloggy stars Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Alec C Altman takes a murder among the wealthy elite and turns it into a fun thrill-ride! As the wealthy guests and the staff mingle among themselves, a murderer hides in the midst. As its multitude of talented actors try to cope with the killing, we're left guessing after the credits begin to roll! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Kyle M If you're a fan of "Downton Abbey", or just casually enjoy it, then this is your definite cup of tea. While yet to be fully discovered aside from conceptualizing "MASH", director Robert Altman may have invited us into a story with potential serial, structural narrative exploiting on associated theming like before. He repeated that in "Gosford Park", inspired by Jean Rinor's "The Rules of the Game", but it was later carried by writer Julian Fellowes pre-dating the experience as setup for the aforementioned show. The 1939 French classic been criticized, re-evaluated and praised as a fine masterpiece, till Altman and Fellowes satirically puts in a murder mystery twist from Agatha Christie's veins. As a result, it more or less deserves its accolade considering its competition. Set in 1930s England, a group of the pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort, until one of them got murdered. Usually tensions are high at this point whereas everyone becomes a suspect, but the event only lingers as their conversations carries on from gossip to wonder with non-threatening secrecy that would weigh their surrounding interest. The main worry is someone among their party willing to put blood on its hands, but confident arrogance says otherwise till one finally connects the dots and another provides an unfolding twist. Sounds inconsequential, especially comparing the overall characterization akin to "Murder on the Orient Express" as unlawful justice gets served, and these characters gets dissected by each other rather than the investigator who seemingly drives the awaited satire. But while the "whodunnit" mystery signifies this narrative as a generic twist, providing an opportune lead in creatively establishing fresh characterized backgrounds with arguable motives and noted timing, it only proves secondary as attracting leverage. It's more thematically driven in perceptively depicting class conflict with a hint of satirical degree by the financial oppressor's reliance on the lower class's more functioning, knowledgeable skills since money deprives true worth. Even with a complex range of opined characters with subtle investigation weaving conversationally, the film exceeds its grasp that turned loose, evoking unsympathetic connections to them, therefore not identifying the cast with appreciation. Exquisitely prompted, elegantly communicated that overdid towards mostly indistinction, it houses an ensemble cast with defining merits to their calibers, adjacent to the classy music provided by Patrick Doyle. The entertainment value behind "Gosford Park" only maximizes to the minimum whilst its form excelled with acclaim upon being released, it's the murder mystery aspect that kept the film from being a remake of Renoir's sophisticated classic as it seems to repeat the initial reception. The seamless conversations kept it decently interesting as its main defining engagement, not the thrills over the spiked occurrence to amplify the party with lesser impacts. Back then, it's an opened invitation held by word-of-mouth, now "Downton Abbey", which originally was a spin-off, labels this as an unofficial pilot for the converted soap opera fanatics, and a one-stop for those who haven't been allured to the whole series but should probably grasp the simplified gist. (B) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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