The title of “ Fackham Hall ,” an “Airplane!”-style spoof of what used to be called the Merchant Ivory or

“Masterpiece Theatre” genre (now it’s the “Downton Abbey” genre), sounds vaguely naughty, even if you can’t quite put your finger on why. That’s because the joke only comes alive when it’s pronounced with a Cockney accent, by one of the film’s lowly characters from the servant class. Then it comes out as “Fuck ’em all!” I would say that qualifies as half-funny, in addition to being pointedly juvenile and…well, half-funny is better than no funny at all. “Fackham Hall” is that kind of movie. I was primed to like it, because I’ve sat through this genre for decades, with its grand manners and well-worn “prestige” tropes, to the point that it’s become an ideal target for parody. The hi

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