Pluskylang Great Film overall

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

[email protected] I acknowledge that I love Angela Lansbury. If you think of her only as the lovely and charming Jessica Fletcher of "Murder She Wrote", then I implore you to see the original "The Manchurian Candidate".This series has the same level of care and attention to detail that went into all-time great shows such as "Breaking Bad" and "The Andy Griffith Show". It rarely disappoints. The guest roster is amazing. I discovered that fact when I was struck by the performance of an attractive older woman whom I later discovered to be the legendary Jean Simmons. But she is only one of a rainbow of actors from every corner of Hollywood. I apologize for the lack of specifics in this commentary; but I felt I needed to put in writing my admiration for a show that has given me so much pleasure and comfort, especially in its civility, in recent years.

ctyankee1 I have watched seasons 1 through 8 of Murder She Wrote series. I think there are 12 season. Angela Landsbury is the star and she is really talented. She plays Jessica Fletcher, JB Fletcher.Jessica Fletcher is a mystery writer in the series. She is a kind hearted, friendly and polite to everyone she meets. She really likes people in the stories. (I wish I had some of her characteristic.)She is great with facial expressions especially her eyes. She shifts her head in surprise or disappointment, non belief of a persons story, sadness and more. She does not have to say anything her expressions say it all. She always looks well dressed and beautiful. After watching so many of these episodes about 20 or more in each season it kind of like watching the same story. It seems like the writers want to make her a perfect, person with no flaws, smart and loving this is okay but constantly being re-enforced gets kind of boring.Some things I noticed, some repetitive:1. The first few season took place in Cabot Cove. Jessica does not drive and has friends drive her about. 2. She starts meeting different characters in Cabot Cove, nieces, nephews old friends. 3. Everyone she meets loves her. 4. Just about everyone she meets comments how they read all her books and that they have them. 5. She travels a lot to speak or visit and there is usually someone related to her in the earlier episodes. 6. She always meets someone at the airport she knows and many times it is a male friend that has known her for years who is infatuated with her. They compliment her take her out and tell her how wonderful she is. 7. She helps the police solve the crimes this is to be expected because she is a crime solver. She does put herself in physical danger by investigating on her own. 8. She has a lot of compassion for some of the criminals and their action which I do not like. 9. When the producer writes the scenes the actors usually over act. When they are angry they are more angry, when they are mad they are more mad and loud. It is like every actor is getting their own 15 minutes of fame. Some of them I don't think could even act. 10. There are a lot of older talented men and female actors in the stories that had their own series years ago. This is kind of nice. I forgot most of them till I saw them in the episodes.Sometimes the original characters like her friends the doctor and the sheriff in Cabot Cove are not seen for several episodes because of her traveling. Some episodes have her narrating the story while her friend Dennis Stanton tells her of a case he handled and then you just see the episode with Dennis solving a crime but his is funny and good as well. Another friend is MI5 secret agent who gets her in a lot of trouble.It is like similar scenes, different people, different cities and countries, different actors but very predictable accept for the murderer.Murder She Wrote reminds me of the writer of Charlie Chan. Everywhere Chan went he was well respected and well known. It is like the author wants you to love his character. In this series there is plenty of that.I do like the series though, there is no swearing, no nudity, and a good mystery.

Armand I am not fan of crime movies. in this case all is different. the script, the charm of Angela Landsburry, the humor, the way to truth. a kind of joke and exploration of murder in very unusual form. a conspiracy between public and sweet Jessica for redefine limits of guilty, type of murderer, relationships, age or motivation to escape from book space to be a smart detective. result - a lovely adventure, mixture of innocence, mysteries, details, crumbs of feminine Colombo and new beginning as victory of perfect observation spirit. a series with a clever recipes. and that is key for its success. the courage to create a circle very different but strong for each experiment.

BigWhiskers Thanks to Netflix , I've been rediscovering Murder She Wrote and it still remains an entertaining show with Mrs Lansbury at her best as the murder mystery writer and sleuth who in about every episode gets in the middle of a murder and in the end does her best Sherlock Holmes to reconstruct the crime and solve it all in under an hour. Some of the episodes do lack decent acting even from the more well known guest stars who tend to overact as if trying to steal some of Lansburys thunder which she never relinquishes, this is her show after all. I was never a really big fan of the show but do like Angela Lansbury who manages to keep even the more boring episodes of the series watchable. One of my pet peeves though is when she goes out of town for one reason or another that they never actually shoot on location in the city or town she is supposed to be in - there will be exterior footage of the actual location thrown in but when the actors are on screen we all know it's some Hollywood back-lot or sound stage made up to look like a certain city street or other location including the interiors - and what's also a goof is some of the exterior footage of actual locations are associated with certain places she supposedly goes into like hotels.clubs or restaurants when the building shown is quite obviously not that type of place. Like in one episode she goes to a fictitious Jazz Club in New Orleans yet the exterior shot shown is of a hotel that I am quite familiar with - OK its a fictional show but still they could have tried to at least get that right sometimes. Overall a very enjoyable show with Mrs Lansbury always a pleasure to watch. I'm wondering if at 86yrs old she is still game to do another Murder She Wrote movie.