Country: US/GB
Technical: col 98m
Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Harris Dickinson (as Richard Attenborough)
Synopsis:
At the 1953 celebratory 100th performance of The Mousetrap, the detested director of a putative film version is murdered in the prop store. A dipsomaniac police inspector and over-zealous WPC arrive (separately) to investigate.
Review:
An Agatha Christie spoof with nothing whatever to do with Philip King's classic farce of the same name, this amiable farce gives plenty of space to the complementary comedic talents of its two stars. The production is gleamingly first-rate, with loving period detail scrupulously applied, and both the play within the play and the whodunnit elements generally are mined for suspense, léger-de-main and a string of meta pearls in the direction.
Country: US/GB
Technical: col 98m
Director: Tom George
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Ruth Wilson, David Oyelowo, Harris Dickinson (as Richard Attenborough)
Synopsis:
At the 1953 celebratory 100th performance of The Mousetrap, the detested director of a putative film version is murdered in the prop store. A dipsomaniac police inspector and over-zealous WPC arrive (separately) to investigate.
Review:
An Agatha Christie spoof with nothing whatever to do with Philip King's classic farce of the same name, this amiable farce gives plenty of space to the complementary comedic talents of its two stars. The production is gleamingly first-rate, with loving period detail scrupulously applied, and both the play within the play and the whodunnit elements generally are mined for suspense, léger-de-main and a string of meta pearls in the direction.
