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.
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.