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Review: ‘Downton Abbey’ movie satisfies this fan and charms the newbie

Movie critic Sean P. Means has never seen more than five minutes of the iconic PBS series “Downton Abbey.” Television critic Scott D. Pierce is proper obsessed — he sang the show’s praises again and again and again for six seasons, but was skeptical of taking the soapy historical drama to the big screen. Here’s their joint review.

Pierce, after resisting urges to lean over and fansplain things to Means • I was wrong. Despite my reservations, it transitioned to movie form beautifully.

Means • I felt I was being thrown into the deep end for the first half hour.