Expected more plot, action and/or suspenseful dialogue. Did not read the book and now I do not want to since movie dragged from very beginning. Script was slow and very predictable throughout. Wilson and Biel did a good job with the limited characters they portrayed. Marsan did a really good job playing the creepy guy that you really wanted to be guilty. Haley Bennett has some pipes on her. Detective character would have been much more believable using an older, more mature actor. Most entertaining parts of the movie were all the 60's things - the wardrobes, sets (particularly the Stackhouse residence), and the pervasive smoking. Having attained adulthood in the 60s I was impressed with the accuracy of all the design aspects. It was a good idea to set this movie during a snowy winter - helped some with attempt at film "noir" effects. Was worth rental fee just to see the clothes.
Review of A Kind of Murder
