‘Fackham Hall’ Review: ‘Naked Gun’-Style Spoof Of ‘Downton Abbey’ Proves British High Society Is Fertile Ground For Laughs

Emma Laird checks into ‘Downton’ spoof ‘Fackham Hall’

A rising star in the Oscar-nominated “The Brutalist” and the zombie duet that is “28 Days Later” and this coming January’s sequel “28 Days Later: The Bone Temple,” Britain’s Emma Laird lightens up for laughs with Friday’s “Downton Abbey” spoof, “Fackham Hall.” In a virtual interview this week, Laird, 30, allowed how “Fackham” was an easy Yes. “I just read the script and laughed! And I never laugh at scripts. But, like, every page there’s some so…

‘Fackham Hall’ Review: ‘Naked Gun’-Style Spoof Of ‘Downton Abbey’ Proves British High Society Is Fertile Ground For Laughs

When you consider the success of spoof movies like Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie and countless others, and then throw in homages to the likes of Monty Python, Mel Brooks, the Carry On movies and other masters of this comedic form, it would seem a natural to take the beloved period drama of the […]

‘Fackham Hall’ Review: Julian Fellowes Meets Monty Python in a Period Drama Spoof That Commits to the Bit

'Fackham Hall,' starring Thomasin McKenzie, Damien Lewis, and Katherine Waterston, satirizes the period drama with British humor and detailed design.

‘Fackham Hall’ Review: Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston Lead Disposably Fun ‘Downton Abbey’ Spoof

Starring Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston, the broad comedy 'Fackham Hall' parodies British period dramas, especially 'Downton Abbey.

Fackham Hall Review: One Of The Funniest Comedies Of The Year

PLOT: A new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family. As the Davenport family, headed by Lord and Lady Davenport, deals with the epic disaster of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin. REVIEW: There’s really nothing quite like a good comedy, and it seems like we rarely get one in the modern era. Often relegated to streaming, they may be good for one or two chuckles, but rarely do they pro…

Fackham Hall Review: Absurdly Funny Satire of Downton Abbey Is a Laugh a Second

Welcome back to the big studio comedy. Jim O'Hanlon's Fackham Hall, a wildly funny, laugh-a-second satire in the vein of this year's The Naked Gun, is a refreshing return to a style of physical, performance-based comedy woefully lacking in today's market. Yes, a lot of the jokes here are tremendously stupid (complimentary), ripped from the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker machine which produced Airplane!and Top Secret, but O'Hanlon applies that timeless s…