Gosford Park DVD > Reviews > A Gosford Perk perhaps not

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Indifferent to it
Story	Very ordinary
Characters / Performances	Satisfactory
Special Effects	Unmemorable
How does it compare to similar films?	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Culture,Something Different
Disadvantages:	A bit slow on the Uptake

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

So you go to the cinema, not much is on, uve seen everything else anyway so its the last movie on your list!
The film begins with various rich ladies and gentlemen enjoying being wined and dined at the lovely country manor of GOSFORD PARK where they have all arrived for a shooting party.

Already bored? stop reading this is not the film for you!

Of course as these are the richest poeple they come with servant and all, already with so many characters a film that is enevitably going to be a whodunnit.

Alas we forget the minor detail that someone is yet to die and of course it is the person that so many people had a motive or opportunity to do so.
However the murder only occurs in the last fragment of the film, the lead up is a little over stretched.

The worst part is there is the enevitable contived sub-plot that has so obviously something to do with the not so tragic demise of the deceased!

But bringing a little culture into my life the film was fine, if you are in the mood for it of course!

There were fine acting performances from Ryan Phillipe but seems unfair to advertise Stephen Fry as in the film as the role of the incompetant detective could have been played by anyone!

Not unshockingly predictable but worth a watch, seeing it at the cinema is quite debatable though!However not the sort of film you could see again!

The film does have a certain pazzaz when you look at the way that the people are portrayed, seems very accurate which is most definately a good point.

Little in the way of any soundtrack though aswell.

GGF