Home Release Review: "Downton Abbey: A New Era" from EoM contributor Hunter Heilman.
After roughly a decade of convincing, I finally took the deep dive into my "Downton Abbey" journey early in May as the release date for the sequel film, "Downton Abbey: A New Era" approached. It was a daunting task, shoving 52 hour-long episodes (some Christmas specials can stretch past 90 minutes) as well as a feature film into a 20-day period, particularly as someone who is not good at binging television in the way most people of my age group canโฆand technically speaking, I didnโt succeed! Itโs true I finished "Downton Abbey" and *adored* it, but it did take me more than the initially plotted 20 days to complete, and due to a friendโs wedding, traveling for family matters, and eventually, COVID, it proved to all be for naught as I found myself missing being able to see "Downton Abbey: A New Era" in theaters. Was it all worth the hassle? It absolutely was, because the only way to get me to do anything is to rush me as if there is a concrete deadline, and even then, Iโll still likely miss said deadline.
In the new age of shortened theatrical windows, waiting for "Downton Abbey: A New Era" to become available on my end was a short process, dropping on VOD mere weeks after release, streaming on Peacock only 34 days after opening in theaters, and finally, releasing physically on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 4K on July 5. Today, weโre discussing the standard Blu-ray release.
Available on digital June 24th, 2022.
Available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and digital July 5th, 2022.
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Final Score: 4 out of 5.
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