share: digg facebook twitter There's a new titled family moving in after years of vacancy, and a new staff of colorful servants to assemble - overseen this time around with a tight grip by former parlor maid Rose (the tart Jean Smart, co-creator of the original series) - but the formula remains cozily intact in this long-awaited three-part sequel. High-born or low, upstairs or down, everyone contends with secrets, scandals, tragedy and the occasional romantic intrigue in this lovingly sentimental homecoming. With only three hours to develop character and story, it can't help but suffer by comparison to the Emmy-winning '70s series that helped put Masterpiece Theater on the map, as well as to the recent Masterpiece triumph of the similarly themed Downton Abbey. [...] there are considerable pleasures - most notably the glorious eccentricity of Eileen Atkins (who co-created the series with Marsh) as family matriarch Lady Maud, returning from 30 years abroad with a monkey who eats at the breakfast table and an Indian companion (Jewel in the Crown's Art Malik) who uneasily straddles the house's social strata.
Roush Review: Upstairs Or Down, You Can Go Home Again
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Fri, 04/08/2011 - 6:28am
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