The New Yorker by David Denby

Altman 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]

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

At 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.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

A virtuoso ensemble piece to rival the director's "Nashville" and "Short Cuts" in its masterly interweaving of multiple characters and subplots.

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

It 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.

USA Today by Mike Clark

The movie is so fun that it wouldn't need the mystery to be top-notch entertainment.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer

A love affair between performer and filmmaker. The director shows off his ardor by eliciting from his actors aspects of their gifts that they themselves may not have known they had.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

This territory is familiar if you remember the great BBC miniseries "Upstairs Downstairs," but Altman gives it a new twist with his restlessly roaming camera and incisively satirical approach. He's still near the peak of his powers.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

Gosford Park abounds in scenes to savor. It's a feast, and one of Altman's best.

Slate by David Edelstein

The exhilaration is slow to build. It doesn't come from any one thing but from countless crosscurrents, tiny bits of color that fill out the portrait.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

At a time when too many movies focus every scene on a $20 million star, an Altman film is like a party with no boring guests.

Variety by Todd McCarthy

Taking 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.

Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow

What a relief to see a movie in which an audience responds with peals of laughter to subtle facial shifts as well as punch lines.

Miami Herald by Connie Ogle

So deliciously absorbing and well done.

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

As with Altman's best movies, Gosford Park is above all an entrancing hum of atmosphere and texture.

Newsweek by David Ansen

A fine, well-groomed entertainment, but the road it takes has already been well paved.