pwme
Through no fault of the actors, this was yet again a poor remake of the excellent original starring Joan Hickson, who played Miss Marple as written by Dame Christie.Julia McKenzie is a fine actress and certainly more believable than the middling actress who played her so poorly and made a spoof of her.The writing is very much at fault in these remakes. It's trying TOO HARD to be clever and different at the expense of an already good story line. I found myself waiting for it to be done with so I could turn it off instead of enjoying it. Shame on the network for not truly appreciating Agatha Christie's simple genius of Miss Marple.I'm sticking with the original series. Joan Hickson was the only TRUE Miss Marple thus far that I've seen.
hiskih
Starting from a minor but irritating point: whoever thought it a good joke to include Ian Fleming and James Bond did not think about the chronology. The first Bond book was published in 1953, while this story is set in the post-colonial 1960s - the black police inspector tells Marple and Rafiel that the British are not in charge here any longer.Otherwise, a fairly good job. I knew it was filmed in South Africa but if I hadn't known I would have bought it as a Caribbean island. I haven't been to either place, though. I also haven't read the novel. I have seen the 1983 version with Helen Hayes many years ago, but don't remember a single thing about it.IMO Antony Sher gave the best performance as the wheelchair-bound millionaire. MyAnna Buring as Lucky is another cast member I will remember, something striking about her. The plot I already forgot, as with most Christie adaptations. The photography could have been more inspired, now it looked a bit muddy most of the time.
gridoon2018
This is the third filmed version of Agatha Christie's "A Caribbean Mystery"; I don't much recall the Joan Hickson version, but compared to the enjoyable 1983 version with Helen Hayes as Miss Marple, this new effort is significantly superior in one category only: the photography, which vibrantly captures the beauty of the locations. The film does have a Caribbean flavor, although it was shot in South Africa, and the 1950's-style swimsuits and cars are a sight for sore eyes. Knowing who the killer is before watching, I am not exactly qualified to say how hard or easy it will be for someone to guess his or her identity; I will say, however, that if you tend to suspect the character who is, suspiciously enough, never even considered under suspicion, you'll be on the right track! Julia McKenzie continues to excel as Miss Marple (she does A LOT of knitting in this one), while my favorite supporting performance has to be Hermione Norris as Evelyn; she just exudes the strength of her character. *** out of 4.
ctyankee1
This movie was different than the one with Joan Hickson.Julia McKenzie is good in this. The similarities were that every couple seemed to be cheating on their mates. It was hard to figure out who was doing the killing and why. The movie was a good mystery with a lot of twist and turns.The story concentrated on voodoo and it's affects on believers. I do not recall that in the one with Joan Hickson. It had crazy dancing, masks for voodoo rituals and cheesy voodoo costumes. Baloney.I did not the like the clothes on the women. Some of the bathing suits revealed to much of the female breast. I was enjoying the movie until about 20 minutes toward the end. One of the men in this drama who was a alcoholic and womanizer used the swearing for "god damn" he said it twice. The first part "god" was not very clear but I do believe that is what he said. I find this offensive toward a loving God.It seems producers do this and put it at the end of the movies like "The Cheap Detective" The same thing happened. That movie was funny and then at the end it swore the same phrase. Just a bunch of creeps making movies and figure if they put this in the beginning a person just won't watch it. They are right.
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