This sequel to the successful movie spin-off from the TV phenomenon is unashamedly fan-pleasing and plays to its target audience most effectively. The 'send-the-cast-on-holiday' trope for TV-to-film adaptations is certainly not a guarantee of success, so smartly this film dispatches half the family and entourage to the South of France to secure a villa bequeathed to the elderly Lady Grantham, leaving the rest at home to contend with an invading new-fangled cinema film crew shooting a movie, as the world hurtles towards the end of the 1920s. A New Era has similar strengths to the first film: the core cast returns, it is sumptuously and cinematically lensed and it is written in a pacy TV-style format. There is suitable closure for some characters, plenty of story to follow, and it is very comfortable box-of-chocolates viewing that is very well-made and enjoyably indulgent.
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