An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 1 and 2
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Actor: Helen BaxendaleDirector: Mystery
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 525 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
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Movie Review: An unsuitable job for an idiot
Summary: 2 Stars
I only saw the first one of these. Cordelia Gray does not offer much to refute the idea that being a detective is "an unsuitable job for a woman." If I am going to respect a detective, they have to have at least as much common sense and street smarts as I do, which is not setting a high standard, but Cordelia falls utterly short. In addition, I found the pacing much too slow, and I would get fidgety waiting for yet another drawn out scene to move along.
I haven't read the book, and I don't think that I will, so I have no idea how faithful to it the show is.
Summary of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman 1 and 2
Studio: Wgbh Wholesale Release Date: 01/29/2008 Run time: 525 minutesP.D. James' plucky detective heroine Cordelia Gray should be careful what she wishes for. At the beginning of the fabulous British series An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Gray is a young assistant to a longtime private detective, hoping to learn the ropes as an investigator. But getting her wish plunges her, ready or not, into the murky worlds of passion, philandering, surveillance, and murder. Gray's career is truly one learned--and earned--by fire. Helen Baxendale (snippy Emily from Friends) plays Cordelia with nuance and pluck--she's what Helen Mirren's Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect) might have been as a very young, idealistic, wet-behind-the-ears novice. Cordelia suddenly inherits a detective firm when her mentor commits suicide, so she's thrust into investigation with little besides her own wit, and the help of her flinty assistant, Mrs. Sparshott (Annette Crosbie). "We may not look the part," deadpans Mrs. Sparshott, "but appearances can be deceiving."
Can they ever. In this four-episode boxed set, Cordelia, assisted by Mrs. Sparshott, takes on what seem like matter-of-fact investigations, only to realize that the crimes lurking below the surface are ever more serious, and deadly. Each episode is based on a different James book and include Sacrifice, A Last Embrace, Living on Risk, and Playing God. Cordelia's character grows professionally and personally over the course of the episodes, including falling in love and expecting a child. But through it all, Baxendale's performance sparkles, and mystery fans will be glad Cordelia never listened to the advice that investigating might be "unsuitable." Not bloody likely. --A.T. Hurley
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