The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 3
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Angela Lansbury takes over the legacy of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's dogged sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd. The story takes place on a film set in a small British town in the 1950s. Elizabeth Taylor plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback but is plagued by a mysterious incident from her past. Unfortunately for her mental state, a collection of murders jar the quiet village where the movie is being made. Miss Marple arrives on the scene with her nephew,
Dec 19, 1980 Wide
Aug 6, 2002
Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Cast
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Angela Lansbury
Miss Marple -
Elizabeth Taylor
Marina Gregg -
Kim Novak
Lola Brewster -
Edward Fox
Inspector Craddock -
Rock Hudson
Jason Rudd -
Geraldine Chaplin
Ella Zielinsky -
Tony Curtis
Marty N. Fenn -
Marella Oppenheim
Margot Bence -
Wendy Morgan
Cherry -
Margaret Courtenay
Mrs. Bantry -
Charles Gray
Bates the Butler -
Maureen Bennett
Heather Babcock -
Carolyn Pickles
Miss Giles -
Eric Dodson
The Major -
Anthony Steel
Sir Derek Ridgeley -
Dinah Sheridan
Lady Amanda Ridgeley -
Oriana Grieve
Kate Ridgeley -
Kenneth Fortescue
Charles Foxwell -
Hildegard Neil
Lady Foxcroft -
Allan Cuthbertson
Peter Montrose -
John Bennett
Barnsby -
Nigel Stock
Inspector Gates -
Pierce Brosnan
An actor -
Charles Lloyd Pack
Vicar -
Richard Pearson
Dr. Haydock -
George Silver
Dr. Silva -
Thick Wilson
Mayor -
Peter Woodthorpe
Scoutmaster -
Pat Nye
Mayoress
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (5) | DVD (10)
The good lines make Mirror more fun to watch than it has any right to be.
For all her prolificacy, Agatha Christie relied too often on one particular plot twist, and as soon as you recognize her old favorite here, the film loses all interest.
A nostalgic throwback to the genteel British murder mystery pix of the 1950s.
Though it's obvious after five minutes that this is a complete no-no, the cinema equivalent of a bellyflop, it exercises a perverse fascination
Top CriticBoth Miss Taylor and Miss Novak, as larger-than-life silver-screen rivals of a certain age, get all wound up for some fancy, high-toned tongue-lashings, but the material isn't up to their power.
The big-name cast is a great, nostalgic throwback to the 1950s, when its players' names -- Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis -- graced giant theater marquees.
[A] classic murder mystery drama.
The Mirror Crack'd is a thoroughly enjoyable Agatha Christie mystery.
Watching Novak and Taylor lay into each other verbally is a treat. Whether that should be what you come away with from a Miss Marple movie is another consideration.
[A] stunningly turgid mess.
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