Pros: Strong leads, fun plot
Cons: Mystery a little too easy to solve
The Bottom Line:
Old case reopened
Fun time with these characters
Movie worth watching
Questions About a Solved Murder
With so many of my weekly TV shows on hiatus due to the
current pandemic, I was thrilled to see Hallmark air new mystery movies
starting this week. An Education in
Murder returned us to the world of Mystery 101, and I was glad class was
back in session.
Several years ago, a murder rocked the campus where Amy
(Jill Wagner) teaches. Mac (Steve Bacic) was convicted of killing Nicole
(Ashley Alexander), both of them were fellow professors. Amy never quite believed Mac did it, but she
was never involved in the case.
The scandal has come back to light because Ella (Brenna
O’Brien) has come to town. She is
researching a true crime book about the case and claims to have new information
on it. Amy begins to poke around as well,
must to the dismay of Travis (Kristoffer Polaha). While Travis wasn’t the detective who
originally investigated the case, he doesn’t think there is any reason to
reopen it. Is he right? Or is the wrong person in jail?
I really enjoy these characters. Okay, so Amy, Travis, and Amy’s father were
the only returning characters with any amount of serious screen time, but I
still love watching them together. They
have great chemistry, and that goes double for Amy and Travis. I got a kick out of watching their
relationship in this movie.
The mystery?
Honestly, it could have been better.
I figured out what was going on early on in the movie. That’s not always a deal killer for me,
especially in a movie, and I had a lot of fun watching Amy and Travis catch up
to me as they investigated the case. And
the red herrings were interesting and entertaining, which helped.
I’ve seen a couple of comments about Jill Wagner being
obviously pregnant in this movie. I
don’t know what it says about me, but I wouldn’t have noticed if it weren’t for
the comments. I thought they did a good
job of hiding it. And if the choice was
delaying production on this movie, I’m glad they didn’t.
The writers of this series do a good job of keeping the
Hallmark cheese to a minimum. Likewise,
the acting is good, and I found it easy to get lost in the story. Fans of the Garage Sale Mysteries will be
thrilled to see Steve Bacic pop up here, although if I hadn’t recognized his
name, I’m not sure I would have recognized him.
An Education in Murder is another entertaining
mystery movie. If you are looking for
something like and fun to watch right now, this will be perfect for you.
Too bad the mystery was a little lackluster but I love this series so I think that will make up for it. I had recorded it when it first came on but the DVR was acting wonky and it only recorded the last 12 minutes! Luckily it's coming back on this weekend so I'll watch it then.
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