Concerning Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side

In Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, American movie star Marina Gregg (Lindsay Duncan) has just made a brilliant comeback after her nervous breakdown. She moves into a manor house near Saint Mary Mead with her boyish husband, Jason Rudd (Nigel Harman). But when a woman drops dead at a charity event held in Marina's house, only Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) can connect the dots and find the killer.

Pros: In my opinion, this is one of Agatha Christie's best whodunits. The solution seems so very obvious, but somehow is exceedingly difficult to figure out. I won't say another word!

Cons: There's one character who is really annoying. She, uh, wears pretty low-cut dresses in two scenes. There's also evidence of Agatha Christie's questionable views on "death is better than being tried and hanged". Marina has been married five times. She also has a child who has a severe mental disability. He isn't quite discussed like he's actually a person - one character goes so far as to call him a "wretched little creature."

My Rating: T (immodesty, murder mystery)