Gosford Park

i went in expecting an agatha christie-esque murder mystery and the first half sets things up beautifully and although the murder happens around 75 minutes into the film i still felt it was going really strong. the second half though - with the bumbling (and seemingly incompetent) detective, focuses more on class commentary and shit - there was some of that in the first half too but i kind of expected the focus to shift toward the crime - instead, we are led down a predictable and rushed finale. like you can literally keep track of alibis, motives and hola - you have the murderer (this read more

there was a good story in there and some great actors to portray it - why then, was it such a snooze fest? read more