{"id":23253,"date":"2020-03-02T23:18:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=23253"},"modified":"2020-10-20T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:23:30","slug":"miss-fisher-and-the-crypt-of-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=23253","title":{"rendered":"Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Tony Tilse
\nWriter:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Deborah Cox
\nCast:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Ashleigh Cummings<\/p>\n

I<\/span> cannot overstate how much I enjoy the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries\u00a0<\/em>series.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 I love it.<\/p>\n

I’ve always had a soft spot for costume drama whodunnits.\u00a0 Ever since I read my first Agatha Christie novel The ABC Murders<\/em> and saw David Suchet portray Hercule Poirot in The Mysterious Affair At Styles<\/em>.\u00a0 I don’t think I’m alone in this.\u00a0 The Christie books remain some of the widely read in the history of book publishing<\/em> and when Rian Johnson wanted to step away from\u00a0Star Wars<\/em> and dabble in the genre with\u00a0Knives Out<\/em>, it went on to gross something insane like $300 million dollars.<\/p>\n

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries<\/em> first ran as an ABC television series for three glorious seasons, having been adapted from Kerry Greenwood’s novels by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger.\u00a0 The basic premise is a glamorous lady detective – the eponymous Miss Fisher played by Essie Davis – is a private detective who solves crimes in 1920s post-war Melbourne.\u00a0 The show has many of the same touchpoints that make Hercule Poirot so wonderful:\u00a0 The flashy costumes and resplendent architecture of the era.\u00a0 An ensemble cast of\u00a0murder suspects that typically include retired colonels, wealthy socialites and scheming crooks.\u00a0 A perplexing murder that seems impossible to solve.\u00a0 And of course, a cunning detective who has a faithful sidekick that saves the day when the hapless police officers are unable to solve the case.<\/p>\n

Miss Fisher<\/em> has all of that and – I swear I’m not overstating this<\/em> – it delivers these tropes just as well as Agatha Christie ever did.\u00a0 What elevates the show to even greater heights is the character of\u00a0Phryne Fisher herself.\u00a0 By virtue of her gender, she is a significant outlier from other detectives in the genre and\u00a0being a fiercely independent, sharp-witted and fearless protagonist\u00a0who agitates and appals the aristocrats around her\u00a0is the source of much of the show’s best material and banter.\u00a0 It’s now impossible to imagine any else but Essie Davis in the role, such is her natural ability and raw talent.<\/p>\n

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Although its been years since the series wrapped up, Miss Fisher<\/em> has clearly maintained a loyal fanbase and when the prospect of a movie was raised, fans quickly provided the necessary financial support via a Kickstarter to get it into production.\u00a0 What we got as a result is\u00a0The Crypt of Tears<\/em>, Miss Fisher’s first big screen outing.<\/p>\n

Firstly, the bad news.\u00a0 One of the most beloved characters from the original series, Phyrne’s faithful sidekick Dot, has only a miniscule bit-part role in\u00a0The Crypt of Tears<\/em>.\u00a0 It’s for very good reason.\u00a0 Ashleigh Cummings is doing very well for herself Stateside, landing herself a starring role in her own television series NOS4A2<\/em>.\u00a0 I’m happy to see Cummings do so well but her presence in this film is definitely missed.<\/p>\n

Honestly, the rest of this movie is gravy.\u00a0 It’s everything I wanted in a “Miss Fisher<\/em> but with slightly<\/em> more money” B-movie production.\u00a0 The excellent Nathan Page returns as DI Jack Robinson, Fisher’s long-time partner in crime and best romantic tease in a television series since Mulder and Scully.<\/p>\n

The set up for the mystery is classic pulp fiction fare from its era.\u00a0 After helping a Bedouin girl named Shirin escape from a prison in Jerusalem, Phryne gets caught up in the mystery of Shirin’s childhood.\u00a0 A sandstorm wiped out her village when she was little and she was the only survivor thanks to the aid of a mysterious benefactor.\u00a0 This unknown guardian angel reaches out to Shirin and invites her to a clandestine meeting at midnight at the All Saints’ Church.\u00a0 This sets off a chain of events that involve murder, an ancient curse, valuable jewels, car chases and journeys to exotic locations.\u00a0 In many ways,\u00a0The Crypt of Tears<\/em> is as much\u00a0Indiana Jones<\/em> as it is Agatha Christie.<\/p>\n

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With the original producers and screen writers returning,\u00a0Miss Fisher<\/em> was always going to be in safe hands.\u00a0 Essie Davis is still an absolute delight on the screen as the eponymous Miss Fisher and the tone of the whole production – knowingly cheesy, charming and playful – left me with a big smile on my face for the duration of the film.<\/p>\n

I have no idea what someone completely new to Miss Fisher would make of this.\u00a0 But for anyone who was a fan of the series,\u00a0The Crypt of Tears<\/em> won’t disappoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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