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Some reviews have been very negative about the diverse casting but having been researching family histories on Ancestry sites, I assure you we all have diverse families if we delve deep enough. Noble families also come in all shapes, sizes and colours and it has always been like that. Do some research and you can find out the truth for yourself.

I found this film witty, charming and very smart and, frankly, far more entertaining than a lot of the standard period pieces. The casting was a dream and the Irish locations, standing in for Kent, were absolutely lovely. Big thumbs up from a real fan.

I've been binge watching this truly witty, funny and poignant show with great characters, from brilliant actors, that you can't help falling in love with as the fascinating histories unravel. Even the Black Death victims in the basement with their poxy bodies and terrible teeth become very endearing!

The one I feel most for is poor Humphrey who never seems to get it together, literally, for very long at a time and is the entertainment for the others in a very painful way. At least it is all taken by him in good humour and he is a great character to have wandering around the mansion looking for himself!

If you don't think this film is funny then you don't actually have an active sense of humour. It has a witty and very smartly-written script by the peerless William H Macy. It is naughty, revealing, exciting and quite mad! Everyone plays their part to perfection and the comic timing is exquisite from all players, especially William himself, who has some of the best lines by far! How he kept a straight face is a mystery! The scene with the post it notes is laugh-out loud and brilliant and the behind the scenes magic, most people aren't aware of in the film-making industry, is a joy to behold.

Don't miss it!