Downton Abbey – 2019
Do not see this movie unless you are a bonafide Downton Abbey aficionado who watched the official trailer at least a dozen times. No wannabe water cooler Anglophile conversationalists welcome in the Crawley fan club. There are so many intersecting story lines that build upon the six seasons of royalty and riches, loyalty and labors that you simply can’t drop everything and drop in on this movie. Downton Abbey the movie is akin to a season seven condensed into a single episode pumped with steroids. In fact, plan on seeing Downton twice so you can relax and enjoy stress-free the pure feast of personalities, plot twists, tea and toast, curtsies and courtesans. There was one sad, dignified story line, tidy but needless. I’ll stop there to avoid a spoiler alert. You will suss it out, no doubt. All in all, this movie is everything I’d anticipated, no more, no less. I loved it. But, it’s Downton Abbey, what’s not to love? 👍
