Gosford Park 2001

Critics score:
86 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jay Carr, Boston Globe: One could go on and on, cataloging the pleasures that pour forth from the screen. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: The venerated American director's best film since Short Cuts. Read more

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Every detail rings true; every performance, even the briefest, is a gem. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Everybody's so good in this! Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: It's been nearly 10 years since an Altman film has been as consistently entertaining as this one is. Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Disappointing is too soft a choice of words. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: 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. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A scintillating comedy-drama and one of [Altman's] most richly moving and entertaining pictures. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A virtuoso ensemble piece to rival the director's Nashville and Short Cuts in its masterly interweaving of multiple characters and subplots. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Since this is the end of the year, when all unused superlatives expire like vacation time, let's call it the best assemblage of actors in any movie this, last, or next year. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: For the first time in his lengthy career, the director's gone all British -- and, once again, it looks smooth as silk. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: A sweet tune, airy but not quite gay, and it carries a sardonic edge. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Altman is once again back in top form. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: This is an exemplary exercise in Anglophilia. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: 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. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Despite its little twists and departures from the norm, Gosford Park is basically a crowd-pleaser, a slight film with a fat ensemble all keen to entertain. Read more

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Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Altman is a supreme artist-joker, and the jest this time is that the most American of film directors has given us a finely wrought British whodunit with the emotional layering of a first-rate novel. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Opulently designed, meticulously directed, cleverly written and wittily acted by a cast as polished as the floors. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Altman seems to be having a good time running his spectacular cast through its paces, and you will, too. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This isn't Academy Award material, but it's good enough to provide an enjoyable afternoon or evening, especially for those who love 1930s-era British drama and intrigue. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The kind of generous, sardonic, deeply layered movie that Altman has made his own. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: So craftily made that it can't help pleasing. Read more

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: Is there anyone but Altman who could have pulled off such an effervescent mix of satire, affection, and devastating rebuke? And attracted such an ensemble? And let everyone work at this high level? Read more

Tom Charity, Time Out: Altman's unexpected venture into Agatha Christie territory works a treat. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Taking advantage of a splendid cast, a sharply focused script and the fresh English setting, "Gosford Park" emerges as one of the most satisfying of Robert Altman's numerous ensemble pictures. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: As with Altman's best movies, Gosford Park is above all an entrancing hum of atmosphere and texture. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: All in all, Gosford Park has nothing nice to say about anybody, and I like that in a movie. Read more