Rent Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel/Towards Zero (2007)
2.7 of 5 from 7 ratings
3h 6min
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At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Marple revisits the glamorous Bertram's Hotel in the heart of London. She is surprised to find that nothing has changed since she stayed at the hotel as a young girl. She enjoys the traditional decor, the impeccable service - and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer.
Towards ZeroThe formidable Lady Tressilian reluctantly hosts a house party at her Devon estate, where loyal companion Mary and old friend Treves help their wheelchair bound host entertain a glittering array of guests. Miss Marple, an old school friend of Lady Tressilian, is intrigued when the eccentric Treves tells a story about a child murderer who was never convicted. The next day, Treves is found dead. - Actors:
- Richard E. Grant, Jane Seymour, Eileen Atkins, Francesca Annis, Saffron Burrows, Juliet Stevenson, Geraldine McEwan, Amanda Burton, Greg Wise, Martine McCutcheon, Peter Davison
- Directors:
- Andy Wilson, John Strickland, Charles Palmer
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
- Collections:
- Drama Films & TV, People of the Pictures, Remembering Julian Sands and Frederic Forrest, Top 10 Agatha Christie Films
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Reviews (2) of Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel/Towards Zero
Not the story of the novel - Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel/Towards Zero review by CJ
An enjoyable film but does not follow the book with different subplots and different characters brought in around the story. Pales in comparison to Joan Hickson and Caroline Blakiston versioning i
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Just awful/a bit better - Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel/Towards Zero review by SB
'At Bertram's Hotel' is a complex book and somewhat out of character for Christie, being set in a London hotel and involving organised crime. Any resemblance between that work and this ITV 'version' is purely coincidental, with the story mangled, new characters inserted and a general air of chaos. Even Louis Armstrong appears. The producers clearly have no idea about the sort of exclusive hotel Christie was writing about. The cast struggle, especially Geraldine McEwan as a somewhat bewildered Miss Marple. Mary Nighy and Emily Beecham add some class; Polly Walker and Francesca Annis do not. Martine McCutcheon is typecast as a common but clever chambermaid. To be avoided at all costs.
I have incresed the rating from one to two stars after seeing 'Towards Zero'. The novel is not a Miss Marple book at all, but features only the police and is a superbly plotted whodunit. The TV production has dropped Superintendent Battle, substituted a not very clever policeman and inserted Miss Marple into the action, albeit having her on a somewhat improbable sketching holiday. What we are left with is a fairly traditional whodunit among a small circle of characters. The cast is quite good, and the settings lovely without the excessive prettiness which sometimes mars this series. The clues are a lot more obvious than in the book, but it is still worth watching.
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