Movie #1749 "Downton Abbey" --- I was so looking forward to this film, and it never disappointed me. I LOVED it. It was first of all fun to revisit the place, and then to catch up on what we missed with each of the characters. I had forgotten that Mosley quit serving and went into teaching --- that Carson had retired --- when I saw the little kids, I thought, oh yeah, look, they got older....it's like putting on comfortable shoes and feeling comfortable again when watching this show. I loved the story ---- the conflict was set up to be more like a heist movie (you'll understand that more when you see it) and at the very end, they left room for still another one, if they wanted to have one and continue the story. This one deals with the royal family coming for a visit, and they added Imelda Staunton (professor Umbrage from Harry Potter films) as one of them and I so enjoyed watching her with Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton --- knowing they all have played in several films together as they have aged. There's a substorm with Barrow that makes the movie more thematic, there's a substory with Daisy and her boyfriend that shows her growth through time. And for those of you like me who expected to see Matthew Goode (Mary's hubby) in more of the film, you might be a little disappointed because he is in it only for a short time ---- but he was well worth the wait. It's a sumptuous feast for the eyes, the characters are all excellent actors, the story is good and solid and never tedious (although always stylishly talkie), and in our audience it received applause afterward. I highly recommend --- however, if you never watched the t.v. show, not sure you will find it as rich of a film as we fans do. 5 out of 5.
"DOWNTON ABBEY: THE MOVIE" 2019 2 HOURS AND 2 MINS PG
Set in the period between world wars, this big-screen adaptation of the beloved British TV series continues to follow the lives of the patrician Crawley family and those of the servants who keep the sprawling estate running.
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