An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (film)
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Language English | 6.6/10 Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Costume design Marit Allen Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer P. D. James , Elizabeth McKay Release date February 1982 Similar movies Under Suspicion (1991) |
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is a 1982 British crime film directed by Chris Petit. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by P. D. James.
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Plot
After finding her former boss, a private detective, is dead and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. She becomes obsessed with the boy and his suspicious death.
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Reception
In a review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote "As befits an English country-house mystery, the film has enough wood paneling, wildflowers and overall gentility to appeal to the genre's most ardent fans. But a couple of the film's transitions are abrupt enough to make the head spin, and its final action sequences are woefully perfunctory. The denouement is as disappointing as Mr. Petit's inability to breathe life into Cordelia, her sleuthing and her peculiar obsession." A review in Variety summarized; "Perhaps it is unfair to unravel this tale which is handled from a distance by director Christopher Petit robbing it of a more forceful narration, timing and revelation."
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