Downton Abbey

Focus Features | Release Date: September 20, 2019

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 91 Ratings

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joelgreenbergOct 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the question, "What were they thinking?" can be answered easily: "They weren't". This is a waste of time, talent and viewers' time. Julian Fellowes, writer of this, the tv series from which this comes, and "Gosford Park", another, and far superior, insight into class, power and an anachronistic society long past its sell-by date.
This film plods when it doesn't evaporate before your eyes.
The characters' preoccupations help to clarify why this world vanished.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariJan 17, 2020

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A quite cloying sociologism, very James Ivory style, more unctuous than sumptuous but not worse than "Parasite".

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notacriticorfanSep 27, 2019

Watching this movie reminded me of a 20-year high school reunion. If you had seen the TV show, it was like meeting your old high school friends, talking for a few minutes, catching up, and then ready to move on. If you had never seen theWatching this movie reminded me of a 20-year high school reunion. If you had seen the TV show, it was like meeting your old high school friends, talking for a few minutes, catching up, and then ready to move on. If you had never seen the show, it was like the spouse of the person who went to the high school. You didn't know anyone and nothing happened that made you ever want to know anyone. You just wanted to leave.… Expand

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EdeltraudOct 9, 2019

The ladies had marvelous hats. The men I couldn't tell apart. Really looked forward to this as a witty, intriguing parlor drama & was bored to tears. No bodice ripping, no (well, very little) comic relief, no wonderful storylines. Just peopleThe ladies had marvelous hats. The men I couldn't tell apart. Really looked forward to this as a witty, intriguing parlor drama & was bored to tears. No bodice ripping, no (well, very little) comic relief, no wonderful storylines. Just people milling around an old manse & repeating tired old themes, just not very well. A wasted opportunity. Why wasn't the bad Irish guy invited into the household - that'd be good tension, he could have flirted with the women (& men), charmed everyone & been a snake in their midst spying. The gay story was too long & preachy. The "maid" story, ho-hum. And when Maggie Smith makes her big revelation, it was like, duh, are you really? What a shock. The boiler guy could have been randier. The "abused wife" -- what was the point of that dud? Same with the pregnant one. Just terrible & tedious. I thought it'd never end & it basically didn't have an ending. Even the soundtrack was uninspired. Just bad.… Expand

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WizzleJan 27, 2020

Portrays open homosexuality and portrays the royal family with degraded values. It’s more of an lbgt propaganda piece. The writing is poor and it’s just not interesting like the series was.

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