Gosford Park

Gosford Park (2001)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (142 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (45,733 ratings)

Maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman takes a witty and absorbing look at the foibles of the British class system in this intelligent murder mystery set in the early '30s. Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas) are a pair of wealthy British… More

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R, 2 hr. 18 min.
Directed By
Robert Altman
Written By
Julian Fellowes
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 26, 2001 Wide
On DVD
Jun 25, 2002
USA Films

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

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

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    At its best when it is about nothing.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    Wonderful British whodunit; fine for older teens.

  • Betsy Bozdech, Reel.com

    Masquerading as a whodunit, Gosford Park is really an intricate examination of the rigid English class structure that started to transform between the two world wars.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Contents and style converge smoothly and seductively in Altman's luxuriant period drama that applies Agatha Christie murder-mystery format to a rigorous anatomy of British class structure in the 1930s, with all the who's who in U.K. in the cast.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jameson W


    Excellent movie! One of the best period pieces I've seen in a while. <br/> <br/>One of the best and most noticeable features of this film is great cast. There are so many big names in this film, British names to be specific...in fact basically every English actor is… More

  • Chris W


    It's the early 1930s and a group of wealthy Britons and an American, along with their servants, all gather at an English country house for a shooting party. All goes along decently well enough until the host, Sir William McCordle is found murdered. From there the film explores… More

  • Steven C


    Robert Altman's "Gosford Park" is an unusual combination of social commentary and observation of the British social class in the 1930s, a surprisingly emotional murder mystery and a dash of metanarrative that results in a highly rewarding final product. "Gosford… More

  • Tim S


    This is one of those rare genre hybrid films that excels on every level. It's also one of Robert Altman's very best films and that's saying a lot. I can't imagine how this piece of work was assembled and put together so brilliantly, but I don't really care… More

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    Cast: Maggie Smith, Clive Owen, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Camilla Rutherford, Ryan Phillippe, Charles Dance, Geraldine Somerville, Emily Watson, Tom Hollander, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Trent Ford Director: Robert Altman… More

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