Gosford Park

Duncan Gray

In which Altman has the chutzpah to invite comparisons to Renoir and actually comes out looking pretty good. This is his last great film, a wonderfully orchestrated mass of humanity where the heart and soul of the film—Kelly MacDonald—also becomes the ideal detective because she's the only one who really absorbs what she's witnessing. Fun in-joke: the way American filmmakers are shown as interlopers.

Kyle Knapp

An impossibly rich, flawlessly written, beautifully shot gold mine of character and period detail. Like all Altman films, it demands to be viewed more than once; I've seen this over and over again and it seems fresh every time. The acting is spot-on, but the women, esp. KST, Dames Maggie and Helen, Watson, and the heartbreakingly perfect Blakely are standouts. A wonderfully decadent treat, and one of my favorites.

Zac Weber

So many noteworthy performances in this movie. Gosford Park is a great whodunit, but the richness of the characters elevates the film even further.

mfg

I can't explain how amazing this movie is. I've seen it dozens of times and it's only better with each subsequent viewing. I have yet to be bored, and more and more elements of the plot and character development continue to reveal themselves. This may be the best-written movie of all time, and the cinematography is nothing to sneer at either.

MarcH

Every viewing reveals another morsel you missed before.

Thorsten

My wife and I watch this at least once a year (It's that rich a movie) and have convinced quite some friends (though with some we failed, they fell asleep within the first hour.). Agatha Christie meets Jean Renoir, kind of a new take on La Regle du Jeu. it is also highly entertaining, especially the performances of Emily Watson, Kelly Macdonald and Helen Mirren are just wonderful.

film_lies101

First 1/2 hour I was really disliking this film. Then after the first night fell, I started to warm to it. The gossiping, fucking each other (literally & figuratively, & cattiness became a great deal of fun. It's like ultra posh Jerry Springer. Too many amazing performances to name, the script sometimes tries to be too on the nose at times. The murder is a red herring folks

smndvdcl

Much more intuitive than 'Downtown Abbey', but not quite up to the foreshadowing edge of 'La Regle du Jeu'. All the same, Altman is a multistory maestro.