Lord Peter Wimsey has married Miss Harriet Vane and gone to live in a house named Tallboys. So far so good, although, I'm not altogether sure the house in the novel was called Tallboys. I think that was something to do with a later story.
After that it gets disappointing. First they have decided to give up crime, him detecting and her writing it???????? and then they arrive on the night after the death of Noakes, instead of a week later. Bunter is supposed to have been Wimsey's batman during the Great War so should be of an age as Wimsey but instead is here played by the ageing, Sir Seymour Hicks.
The accents are frightful, Deep welsh accents in the middle of Devon and the constable's name is changed from Joe to Tom. Added to that the whole banter between Wimsey and Superintendent Kirke, whom he has never met before going to Tallboys, regarding literary works is completely missing.
Additionally, for some unknown reason the writers changed the village name from Pagford/Paggleham to Biddlecombe and although Harriet Vane grew up in The village, her father having been the doctor, this is never mentioned. The villager's all act as if they have never known her when many of the elders in the village would certainly have known her as a child.
The acting is very good and if you can overlook the glaring inconsistencies between the novel and the movie, then it is worth watching. Do not read the book first, if you do not wish to be disappointed.
After that it gets disappointing. First they have decided to give up crime, him detecting and her writing it???????? and then they arrive on the night after the death of Noakes, instead of a week later. Bunter is supposed to have been Wimsey's batman during the Great War so should be of an age as Wimsey but instead is here played by the ageing, Sir Seymour Hicks.
The accents are frightful, Deep welsh accents in the middle of Devon and the constable's name is changed from Joe to Tom. Added to that the whole banter between Wimsey and Superintendent Kirke, whom he has never met before going to Tallboys, regarding literary works is completely missing.
Additionally, for some unknown reason the writers changed the village name from Pagford/Paggleham to Biddlecombe and although Harriet Vane grew up in The village, her father having been the doctor, this is never mentioned. The villager's all act as if they have never known her when many of the elders in the village would certainly have known her as a child.
The acting is very good and if you can overlook the glaring inconsistencies between the novel and the movie, then it is worth watching. Do not read the book first, if you do not wish to be disappointed.