Review of The Mirror Crack'd (1980) by Kierra"Key" W — 13 Jul 2007
An Agatha Christie film that tried to cash in on the success of the previous Christie adaptations ("Murder on the Orient Express"; "Death on the Nile"; and "Evil Under the Sun").
Unfortunately this is the weakest of the adaptations despite featuring a bevy of wonderful performances (Lansbuy is perfect as the dotty Miss Marple). The script is unfocused and omits alot of material form the source, making it not only difficult but near impossible to solve the mystery.
In addition, the film seems to be more concerned with displaying veteran actors than telling a story, so the script is structured more as a series of set pieces to display each actor's talents rather than a continuation of the mystery and a natural progression of events.
Still, it's entertaining and the revelation to the mystery is fairly clever (though seems a little random as nothing really hints at it). A muddled, but not all together bad, mystery film.
This review of The Mirror Crack'd (1980) was written by Kierra"Key" W on 13 Jul 2007.
The Mirror Crack'd has generally received mixed reviews.
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