In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Maggie Smith
as Constance Trentham
Michael Gambon
as William McCordle
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Sylvia McCordle
Camilla Rutherford
as Isobel McCordle
Charles Dance
as Raymond Stockbridge
Geraldine Somerville
as Louisa Stockbridge
Tom Hollander
as Anthony Meredith
Natasha Wightman
as Lavinia Meredith
Jeremy Northam
as Ivor Novello
Bob Balaban
as Morris Weissman
sykobanana
6/10 Good acting and a solid plot for a murder mystery, but has at least 20-30 minutes of scenes that could have been trimmed, esp as it takes 90min for the murder to occur. I had figured out the key points and was falling asleep at the end...I'm still tired now, writing this....
CinemaSerf
I remember watching this and thinking it reminded me of a very exclusive game of Cleudo! The great and the (not so) good assemble at the stately home of "Sir William McCordle" (Sir Michael Gambon). Now what becomes clear as this gathering gets steadily more sloshed and satiated is that their host ha...