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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

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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,

PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Aug 6, 2002

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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The good lines make Mirror more fun to watch than it has any right to be.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
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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.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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A nostalgic throwback to the genteel British murder mystery pix of the 1950s.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Both 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.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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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.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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[A] classic murder mystery drama.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

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

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

The Mirror Crack'd is a thoroughly enjoyable Agatha Christie mystery.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Nicely nasty script can't make up for slack direction and miscast lead.

September 18, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

[A] stunningly turgid mess.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: BBC | Comment
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Kim Novak is the standout here with a wonderfully droll performance, but the picture borders on poor taste sticking as closely as it does to the Gene Tierney tragedy.

July 7, 2008
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jay nixon

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Elizabeth Taylor is quite a spectacle here, playing a character much like her own self. Angela Lansbury as Marple is awesome. The suspects: Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Kim Novak give the movie some flair. I found it a bit dry and long, but the murders kept the momentum going.

February 4, 2008
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