Gosford Park DVD > Reviews

Advantages: A refreshing reinvention of the "whodunnit"!
Disadvantages: Potentially confusing multiple plot.

Gosford Park is a beautifully shot satire that comments on the servant master-relationship during the 1930's through the eyes of the servants in a country house over the course of the weekend when the master of the house is murdered - twice! It is a refreshing reinvention of the 'whodunnit'. I have to say that this was one of my 'must see' films at the time it was released, which was quite an achievement! With both 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Gosford ... Read review

Advantages: Complex plot, excellent cast, oodles of period atmosphere
Disadvantages: Not enough screen time for_some of_the stars, some will find_the number_of characters a_little overwhelming

Gosford Park is your typical "who dunnit" murder mystery... except that, in many ways, it is anything but a typicla who dunnit murder mystery. Featuring a cast absolutely loaded with star names, Gosford Park does indeed contain a murder, and there is a mystery surrounding who dunnit - but this is an extremely small part of the film, in fact it's almost a side point. The build up gives us a chance to see the tensions building between the different ... Read review

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

...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 ... Read review

Advantages: Ryan Phillipe and his Scottish accent
Disadvantages: Very long and drawn out film

I have tried to watch this film but the outcome is…..it bores me. The film is very long and nothing really happens at all in the first hour. Then somebody is killed and it turns into a whodunit Cluedo sort of thing, the trouble being by the time it actually gets round to who the murderer was you don’t really care and just want to leave. The film is set in a big country house, everybody is there for a shooting party. They are all ... Read review

Advantages: Strong Cast
Disadvantages: Too many needless sub plots

Unlike most period films Gosford Park spends as much time looking at the servants as it does at the people they serve. Set in 1932 on the sprawling country estate of Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) the story follows the events of a weekend shooting party and the tangled relationships of all those attending. With an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Ryan Phillippe, Charles Dance, Emily Watson, Richard ... Read review

Advantages: Direction, Acting, Costumes, Accents
Disadvantages: Plot. Predictable and slow

This is one classic film. Good band of actors give a damn good reconstruction of the post world-war I stately britain (lords and ladies and their maids). This movie is the sociologists/anthropologists/historians treat. Flushed with hundreds of details about the period, meticulously directed to bring life to many of the features of the period and beautifully acted, this movie is a real gem. Only problems? It's my sixth year in britain, people think ... Read review