In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
"Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight."
Top Billed Cast
Maggie Smith
Constance Trentham
Michael Gambon
William McCordle
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sylvia McCordle
Camilla Rutherford
Isobel McCordle
Charles Dance
Raymond Stockbridge
Geraldine Somerville
Louisa Stockbridge
Tom Hollander
Anthony Meredith
Natasha Wightman
Lavinia Meredith
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
S sykobananaVerified TMDB Critic
2020-05-16
6/10 Good acting and a solid plot for a murder mystery, but has at least 20-30 minutes of scenes that could have been trimmed, esp as it takes 90min for the murder to occur. I had figured out the key points and was falling asleep at the end...I'm still tired now, writing this....
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2023-08-07
I remember watching this and thinking it reminded me of a very exclusive game of Cleudo! The great and the (not so) good assemble at the stately home of "Sir William McCordle" (Sir Michael Gambon). Now what becomes clear as this gathering gets steadily more sloshed and satiated is that their host has been subsidising many of these high-class scroungers for quite a while and some have become a bit more dependent than others. What might they do to secure a share of his loot? Might they even slay the fatted calf himself? Well that's the mystery part that Julian Fellowes and an on-form Robert Altm...
