P.D. James - A Certain Justice [VHS]
by Ross Devenish
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Actor: Flora Montgomery, Frederick Treves, Penny Downie, Ricci Harnett, Roy MarsdenDirector: Ross Devenish
Cinematographer: Kevin Rowley
Producer: Carmel Maloney
Producer: Martyn Auty
Producer: Michele Buck
Producer: Rebecca Eaton
Writer: Michael Russell
Writer: P.D. James
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 180 minutes
Release Date: 1999-06-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
VHS Movie Reviews of P.D. James - A Certain Justice [VHS]
Movie Review: a long drawn out set of movies
Summary: 3 Stars
We have to murders and two murders, but the drama is so long drawn out
that the interest in the dry mystery sort of wains over time.
The strange fellow who murders his prostitute aunt and is gotten off by the
female barracuda lawyer for criminal defense who thinks winning is
as important as justice. She alienates just about everybody around her
from her daughter to the cleaning lady. Her murder is the first
and the cleaning lady is the second.
The investigator solves both murders, but is only able to
bring the cleaning lady's murder to conclusion.
I didn't particularly like this mocking of the criminal justice system.
Summary of P.D. James - A Certain Justice [VHS]
"There's no such thing as a safe haven," wrote British mystery novelist P.D. James. This is certainly the case in her mystery novel A?Certain Justice, which has been given a splendid interpretation in the British TV series Mystery. Brilliant, successful defense attorney Venetia Aldridge (Penny Downie) is found murdered in her court chambers. She had been a controversial figure, not least because she was a strong woman who didn't hesitate to tell her male colleagues exactly what she thought of them. In the first episode of this three-part miniseries, Venetia piles up enemies, any one of whom might be guilty of her murder. The implacable Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard (played, as always, by Roy Marsden) must discover whodunit. The show features wonderfully well-developed characters: Venetia herself, her innocent teenage daughter, Octavia (doe-eyed Flora Montgomery), and Octavia's psychopathic boyfriend, Gary Ashe (whom Venetia successfully defended in a murder trial). As Ashe, Ricci Harnett delivers a truly disquieting performance. Suspense builds inexorably until the chilling conclusion, leavened regularly by P.D. James's cheeky, sardonic humor. Gore mixed with drollery--a tone only the English can pull off. --Laura MirskyMystery & Suspense VHS Video
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