ThiefHott Too much of everything

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

cherryred-23270 Those who gave really negative reviews, did you actually watch the movie? Or pay attention?None of the events are real. He's a writer. You are watching the story he's typing. There are hints throughout the entire movie. Like every time it shows him sitting at the type writer. Read the words he is typing. It's a dead giveaway at the end, the final scene he types "The End" I will admit that the movie is painfully slow. Like watching paint dry, slow. There's just not enough action. I found myself getting bored and my mind wandering easily. Still, I got enough of it to figure out it's his book.

tlarraya This film is very frustrating. The whole movie is about whether he did kill his wife or not and you get to the end and you still don't know, so why bother? I would be furious about the lack of ending but it isn't such a good film to begin with so as to get too worked up about it. GIve this a total miss, don't go near it. It's a total waste of time.

lavatch In the bonus segment of the DVD for "A Kind of Murder," the director Andy Goddard describes his goal of filming a psychological thriller. Unfortunately, the results of his efforts were not terribly exciting.One of the problems of the film is that the script was based on one of the inferior works of the writer Patricia Highsmith, whose strength was typically in the area of psychological crime fiction. The film develops parallel murder stories with two men, Mr. Stackhouse and Mr. Kimmel, who engage in a cat-and-mouse game with each other.Either Stackhouse or Kimmel (or both...or neither) could actually have murdered their wives. The most engaging part of the film was the proposition in Stackhouse's mind that he was guilty of his wife's death merely because he secretly desired it. This psychological concept was brilliantly developed by Dostoevsky in his masterpiece "The Brothers Karamazov." But Highsmith's presentation lacks depth and truly profound psychological insights.The cast of "A Kind of Murder" was excellent with Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Eddit Marsan, and Haley Bennett. Bennett was good in her role as a torch song performer in a moody underground nightclub. The design team effectively captured the period of the '60s, and the film was well scored. Unfortunately, the overall effect was just not very compelling.

Gordon-11 This film tells the story of a successful writer, who is married to a beautiful wife. His wife is unfortunately intensely jealous, and their marriage is in jeopardy. When his wife is found dead, a detective relentlessly tries to prove that he is the murderer."A Kind of Murder" starts off engaging, as the wife is really beautiful. Jessica Biel's hairstyle is very elegant and elaborate, highlighting her status as a rich wife and successful designer. However, her attitude towards her husband is cold and unsupportive, making me feel very sorry for the husband. After the mysterious circumstances occurred, the story unfortunately goes downhill. The detective keeps on jumping to illogical and unsubstantiated conclusions, and his dedication towards the case is seriously misplaced. The involvement of the bookstore owner just doesn't make sense either. The ending creates confusion rather than suspense and thrill, which is a pity.