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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThe movie is so fun that it wouldn't need the mystery to be top-notch entertainment.
- 100New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanIt ranks among Robert Altman's best work ever, and that its many satisfactions derive in large part from a superbly written screenplay by Julian Fellowes that has no equal this year.
- 100The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA virtuoso ensemble piece to rival the director's "Nashville" and "Short Cuts" in its masterly interweaving of multiple characters and subplots.
- 100L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorAt his best, Altman turns us into interlopers who have stumbled into a world that seems to predate us and persuades us it will continue to teem with life long after we leave the theater.
- 100The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyAltman achieves his dream of a truly organic form, in which everyone is connected to everyone else, and life circulates around a central group of ideas and emotions in bristling orbits. [14 Jan 2002, p. 92]
- 90VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyTaking 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.
- 88Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleSo deliciously absorbing and well done.
- 88Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowWhat a relief to see a movie in which an audience responds with peals of laughter to subtle facial shifts as well as punch lines.
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenA fine, well-groomed entertainment, but the road it takes has already been well paved.
- 80Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimAs with Altman's best movies, Gosford Park is above all an entrancing hum of atmosphere and texture.