Downton Abbey: A New Era
Focus Features | Release Date: May 20, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
32
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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60
ABC NewsPeter TraversMay 20, 2022
The second film continuation of the Brit series knows it’s old-hat and out of touch. But it’s also comforting fan service and if you can shut out the real world in favor of a fantasy remembrance of things past, you’re in for a treat. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMay 19, 2022
Fellowes manages to navigate Downton Abbey to charm both reactionaries and revolutionaries. Read full review
60
EmpireJames DyerApr 28, 2022
Soapy it may be, but for those who’ve poshed it up with the Crawleys since the very start, this is an affectionate, escapist hug of a movie — like being wrapped in a doily. Read full review
60
Time OutHelen O'HaraApr 26, 2022
The people of Downton Abbey have never been relatable, but they’re really pushing it this time. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeApr 26, 2022
For all the moral compromises and narrative confusion, you couldn’t say A New Era is boring. There is a constant sense of excellent actors making the best of indifferent material. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 25, 2022
As hammy, silly, and undeniably entertaining as ever. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 19, 2022
Die-hard Downton fans aren’t going to grumble at the chance to spend more time with well-loved characters, and there are plenty of bright spots along the way. Read full review
50
Little White LiesSaskia Lloyd GaigerApr 29, 2022
The overall effect of this well-starched pantomime of Britishness is dizzying – it produces the peculiar kind of seasickness induced by cake-coloured period dramas when they don’t quite capitalise on their potential for quality kitsch, instead over-amping the nostalgic sentimentality, and neglecting the campiness that could make them so much more fun. Read full review
50
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganApr 25, 2022
In a whizzing carousel of no war, no surprises, no peril, just 1920s frockery, Downton Abbey: A New Era delivers exactly the same as every other incarnation of Downton Abbey, only with a tearjerker ending for the core fanbase. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMay 19, 2022
This one, written by Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis (“My Week With Marilyn,” “Woman in Gold”) with the same workmanlike efficiency, affords its share of passing pleasures. And not just of the usual luxury-porn variety, although those who watch “Downton Abbey” for the pearls, frocks and waistcoats, the posh furnishings and elegant dinners will hardly be disappointed. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyApr 26, 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era is whatever the opposite of a French Exit might look like. Rather than a party guest slipping out quietly, it’s the bumptious visitor making their final, sluggish turn around the room. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyApr 25, 2022
Even the acerbic bons mots delivered with crisp aplomb by Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess, Violet Grantham, don’t match the tart-tongued precision of her best retorts. And the direction of Simon Curtis — the man who made even Helen Mirren dull in Woman in Gold — seldom rises above serviceable. Read full review
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