Gosford Park, the "brilliant" period murder mystery starring Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, is now streaming on the BBC. Set in the 1930s, the film follows a group gathered for a weekend shooting party, with guests and staff falling under suspicion when a crime is committed.
The synopsis reads: "A weekend shooting party at a country mansion turns into a murder mystery when the host is found dead. It seems that everyone has a motive, from the guests upstairs to the staff downstairs.
"Among the gathering are cash-strapped relatives of the victim, a Hollywood movie mogul and songwriter Ivor Novello."
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Since airing on BBC Two last night, Gosford Park has now been added to BBC iPlayer, meaning UK viewers with a TV licence can stream it for free.
Directed by Robert Altman, the film features some of Britain's finest actors in an all-star cast that includes Smith and Mirren alongside Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Fry, Kelly Macdonald, Clive Owen and Eileen Atkins.
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Also on the cast is Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, Ryan Phillippe, Emily Watson, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi and Richard E Grant.
A hit among critics, Gosford Park has an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 163 reviews, with The Daily Telegraph describing it as "brilliant".
They wrote: "Robert Altman's brilliant new film is part Upstairs Downstairs, part Agatha Christie, but mainly it is a piece of social observation as good as anything Altman has hitherto delivered."
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"I don't think I've ever seen the British class system of the 1930s so artfully dissected. It's all the more remarkable when you consider that Altman is a 76-year-old American – albeit a Southern gent. A huge, huge treat," penned The Independent.
Slate said of the film: "Is there anyone but Altman who could have pulled off such an effervescent mix of satire, affection, and devastating rebuke? And attracted such an ensemble? And let everyone work at this high level?"
"Taking advantage of a splendid cast, a sharply focused script and the fresh English setting, Gosford Park emerges as one of the most satisfying of Robert Altman's numerous ensemble pictures," wrote Variety.
Gosford Park is now streaming on BBC iPlayer.
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