Gosford Park

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.

Cast

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

Reviews

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...

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