Review of Ordeal by Innocence

As much as I enjoyed this movie, there are a couple of things that stop me from giving it a higher score. First of all, the cast and the performances were wonderful, Donald Sutherland gave a good sold performance as did Christopher Plummer and the rest of the cast. It was a treat seeing Annette Crosbie, I loved her in One Foot In The Grave and an episode of Doctor Who. The story, based on a novel by Agatha Christie follows a paleontologist who seeks to solve a murder and clear the name of a man wrongly hanged for a crime he did not commit. The big problem though is the musical score, it is awful. It is completely out of place for what is supposed to be a brooding mystery. Why Dave Brubeck wasn't replaced by someone who could have created a more nuanced score is beyond me, It's a shame because the rest if the film is very good. I would recommend this movie but with a warning that the music really does let it down.