From familial tensions and torrid love affairs to untimely deaths and societal shifts, the Crawleys provide a compelling look at the final days of aristocracy...

| May 20, 2024

What, you may ask, distinguishes "Downton Abbey" on the big screen from its smaller kin? Well, the movie is twice as long...

| Oct 25, 2019

This is a delight for fans of the drama series set in the world of the British aristocracy.

| Oct 22, 2019

For period junkies, it's as rousing as "John Wick" is for action fans. Given the material, a rowdy cheer seems inappropriate, so a polite round of applause will do.

| Original Score: B | Sep 22, 2019

While Downton Abbey will undoubtedly please fans of the series more than it will newcomers to the material, this movie is nevertheless a great deal of breezy fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2019

The strengths of the series are the strengths of the film. It looks great. It sounds great. If it could, it certainly would smell great (like rain, Earl Grey, green grass, and freshly baked bread.)

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 21, 2019

Serves a fond nostalgia for the British monarchy in the same way that Gone With the Wind served the Old South.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 21, 2019

A warm if somewhat flat trip back in time that approximates the feel of the show's Christmas specials, only over-sized, and as cozy as a seat by the manor's fire.

| Sep 20, 2019

With a two-hour running time, Downton Abbey can indulge itself in some of the more delicious aspects of its six-season run.

| Sep 20, 2019

"In "Downton Abbey", series creator Julian Fellowes, as sole writer and co-producer, gracefully recreates the sweet and savory, upstairs-downstairs charms."

| Sep 20, 2019

The genuine charm of the cast will continue to disarm those who can't entirely erase thoughts of guillotines and tumbrils.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2019

Every element you expect to see, you see. The movie knows what it is and is on top of its game. Everything is just so.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 20, 2019

A soufflé is a light and airy confection of unvaryingly smooth consistency, and so is director Michael Engler's movie...everything whipped into a perfect, bland uniformity.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 20, 2019

Everything about the film has been finely tailored to deliver precisely what the series did, albeit in a form both more condensed and more diffuse.

| Sep 19, 2019

It feels like a fairy tale to escape to in this lush version, where we can all imagine ourselves dressing for dinner and receiving a visit from the royal family.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 19, 2019

I'm aware that any veneration of dynastic wealth is to be carefully scrutinized if not rejected outright. But all that tea and manners has a perversely soothing effect.

| Sep 19, 2019

Why would you keep spending time with the Crawleys if you didn't actually like them?

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 19, 2019

Between the tiaras, the tea trays, the synchronized curtsies, meaningful glances, and interludes of fisticuffs and tweed, fans of the long-running series will feel like they've slipped into a welcome warm bath.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 19, 2019

Downton Abbey is four-star entertainment from opening scene to closing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2019

Yes, it's basically an episode of the show stretched out to two hours, but like the Crawley family silver, it's so polished you can practically see your face in it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2019