Marple: Towards Zero (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Writers:

Kevin Elyot (screenplay)
Agatha Christie (novel)

Release Date:

28 January 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Miss Marple is visiting an old school friend Lady Camilla Tressilian along with an eclectic group. Nevile Strange and his wife Kay...

Plot Keywords:

Female Detective | Amateur Detective | Spinster | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Geraldine McEwan	...	Miss Marple
Julian Sands	...	Thomas Royde
Zoe Tapper	...	Kay Strange
Paul Nicholls	...	Ted Latimer
Greg Wise	...	Nevile Strange
Saffron Burrows	...	Audrey Strange
Julie Graham	...	Mary Aldin
Tom Baker	...	Frederick Treves
Eileen Atkins	...	Lady Camilla Tressilian
Greg Rusedski	...	Merrick
Wendy Nottingham	...	Mrs Rogers
Amelda Brown	...	Barrett
Peter Symonds	...	Hurstall
Eleanor Turner-Moss	...	Diana
Guy Williams	...	Dr Lazenby

Also Known As:

Agatha Christie - Marple: Towards Zero (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

USA:85 min | Finland:93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Salcombe, Devon, England, UK

Company:

Agatha Christie

Tennis Volley

You never know what you are going to get with these Marples. Its always a mystery, but sometimes you will hit a happy combination of story, adapter and director. This is such a happy time. I do not know the director, but can see that he has substantial experience in at least staging and getting the actors adjusted to the enterprise. Some of these actors are known to us, and they really are comparatively excellent.

One character, the rich old woman, is a terrific character, worth admission by herself. The mystery is kept pretty close to the narrative so you have a pretty good chance of actually working on it. Usually, the deal is that you just have to wait until the end and act surprised. Oddly, the denouement here on a boat is the only weak segment. The detective trick this time is easy to spot if you know the sorts of tricks Christie liked to play with the Marple series. That business about tennis should be a clue.

Saffron Burrows must have it hard, being able to be cast as a pretty one. Here she manages to be something else, a rather sorry face in fact until the very end where she is transformed. Pretty good effect if you know the actress.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.