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Gosford Park

Director Robert Altman's witty murder mystery won an Oscar for its screenplay, which really takes off when Sir William (Michael Gambon) is found dead soon after his guests arrive for a weekend stay at his English estate. Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), Constance (Maggie Smith) and Ivor (Jeremy Northam) try to make sense of the crime. Meanwhile, gossip flies among the household help (including Helen Mirren, Ryan Phillippe and Clive Owen).
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Netflix Rating: 3.5
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics

This is an exemplary exercise in Anglophilia. full review

Steven Rosen, Denver Post

Robert Altman and a ridiculously talented group of English actors have crafted an upstairs-downstairs comedy of true originality -- a British costume film that's funny but not at all fusty. full review

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

All in all, Gosford Park has nothing nice to say about anybody, and I like that in a movie. full review

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

A scintillating comedy-drama and one of [Altman's] most richly moving and entertaining pictures. full review

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

So craftily made that it can't help pleasing. full review

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Everybody's so good in this! full review

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

A succulent and devious drawing-room mystery that, in its panoramic way, takes a puckish pleasure in scrambling and reshuffling the worlds of upstairs and downstairs. full review

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

At its best when it is about nothing. full review

Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

A sweet tune, airy but not quite gay, and it carries a sardonic edge. full review

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

Altman is one of the few contemporary directors who consistently showcases excellent women's roles, and he's rewarded with a symphony of strong performances. full review

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

The venerated American director's best film since Short Cuts. full review

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Disappointing is too soft a choice of words. full review

Susan Stark, Detroit News
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