Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.

  • Released: 2019-09-12
  • Runtime: 122 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, Romance
  • Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Laura Carmichael, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lesley Nicol, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Geraldine James, Alex Crisp, Douglas Reith, Charlie Watson, David Haig, Susan Lynch, Max Brown, Fifi Hart, Oliver Barker, Zac Barker, Mark Addy, Eva Samms, Karina Samms, Kate Phillips, Harry Livingstone, Alice McCarthy, James Cartwright, Andrew Havill, Philippe Spall, Richenda Carey, Max Hutchinson, Tom Ashley, Simon Jones, Graeme Smiles, Tuppence Middleton, Darren Strange, John Biggins, Perry Fitzpatrick, Daniel Millar, David Lonsdale, Sophie McShera, Jessica Brown Findlay
  • Director: Michael Engler
 Comments
  • guisreis - 26 September 2023
    Apology to voluntary servitude
    The film is a spin-off of the famous series, and I suppose that it amuses more the fans of the TV show. For someone who has never watched the TV series it is somewhat tepid. There are interesting events and characters, some sharp dialogues, but everything seems to take three times more than the necessary to be presented. Perhaps it is just more one more opportunity to show the beloved characters to the fans than properly a strong script leading to a remarkable movie. As a matter of fact, there are several parallel stories addressing various characters' issues, in the format of a soap opera episode, not properly a feature film. There is also a quite problematic apology to submissiveness to nobility, although with a slight criticism on arrogance and disdain for the employees (all the snobs there but Maggie Smith's Violet Cramley, however, are other employees, not the royal court). Indeed, there is a bias to make spectator feel empathy for those extraordinarily wealthy and idle people, even trying to make the public feel sorry for their supposed difficulty to maintain that luxurious estate. Among the republicans in the story according the screenplay narrative, the correct person is the one who aquiesce and has admiration for order; the others are a treacherous man and a Communist maid who is a comic relief. By the way, a small event inside the whole story was interesting to portray that homossexuality was considered as a crime in Britain. The episode reminded me a lot another film I watched a month before, quite good Mexican production Dance of the Forty One.
  • carsonpayne-66437 - 11 September 2022
    Boring and uneventful
    I've seen many period pieces of enjoyed them, this is not one of them. I felt that the story lacked any substance in Latter filming although artistic beautiful at some points really didn't move me like I have seen other period prices do so.

    I guess what I was hoping for was something on the same level of Les Miserables but this fell very short from that.

    If you like Old British people complaining about how hard their bougie lives are this is the movie for you if you like anything else but not a bad time to skip a movie.

    I will say, the nearest assassination of the king was the most exciting part of the movie and a High Point for me.
  • abbybq - 26 May 2022
    Justice for Maggie's eye
    Lovely movie, of course; Downton Abbey never fails. As always, the settings, costumes and performances were on point. However, what the hell happened to poor Maggie Smith's eye? WHY did they edit it? It looks so odd and feels so wrong. I feel like the industry needs to adapt its unrealistic expectations from people, from women especially.
  • pavlick - 4 January 2022
    George V or Edward VII th ?
    With all of the talented British actors available, I am amazed that neither Julian Fellowes nor his casting director could find anyone that looked more like George V and Queen Mary than the two chosen for his production.

    The actor portraying George V looked much more like his white bearded and portly father, Edward VII th. And I don't recall Queen Mary ever having "big hair" as she did in this production. Since both characters had very limited speaking rolls, almost any look-alike actors would have done better in the roll.

    The actors portraying George the Fifth and Queen Mary in the movie: "The Lost Prince" were perfection. I don't know why they or someone like them couldn't have been used for this production.