![]() ![]() It was peculiar, as well, to see what Penney describes as the surreal, provocative artwork of murder-victim Jane,(thus killing off a main and recurring character in the books) represented as poorly-rendered American Primitive. It's a shame to see Penney's deeply thoughtful works reduced to such shallowness. Scenes are very short, pushing the plot ahead in only the barest, least thought-provoking manner. The use of that husky, almost-whisper voice (who talks like that?) also betrays the cookie-cutter approach to this movie. ![]() ![]() The characters, instead of being complex and unpredictable, are stilted, their utterances short, too fast, emotionless-a sign of poor direction and/or poor acting. The cast is impossibly good looking, with that plastic, every-hair-in-place, perfect make-up at all times look so common to made-for-TV movies. There is in the movie none of the sensitivity, insight, philosophizing that makes the books so compelling. ![]() How disappointing to find that all that has been reduced to soap opera standards. I wanted to like this movie, having read all of Louise Penney's atmospheric, intelligent, introspective books featuring Armand Gamache. ![]()
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