Jonathan Creek - Season One
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Actor: Alan Davies, Caroline QuentinBrand: WHV
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 324 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2701
Studio: BBC Worldwide
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- Meet the magician with the trick of solving impossible crimes. Jonathan and Maddy investigate crimes which seem to have no rational explanation. Jonathan Creek is a bit of a nerd, but he is also a bit of a quick-witted genius. Maddy Magellan is an investigative crime writer, and the pair join forces to unravel a series of mysteries. Among their many adventures, Jonathan and Maddy encounter the pow
DVD Reviews of Jonathan Creek - Season One
DVD Review: The magic of murder
Summary: 4 Stars
In murder mysteries, killing somebody involves a lot of smoke and mirrors. So who better than a man who invents illusions for a living to unravel the mysteries? "Jonathan Creek - Season One" tackles that idea with bizarre British aplomb, and comes up with five spectacularly weird murder mysteries where nothing is as it seems.
A famous artist is found murdered in his bedroom, with his bound and gagged mistress lying nearby. It's thought to be a robbery gone wrong. Journalist Maddie Magellan (Caroline Quentin) is convinced that his fashion mogul wife is the culprit... except she has an airtight alibi.
So she ends up turning to a rather odd acquaintance: Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies), a professional creator of magic tricks with a knack for lateral thinking. And while Jonathan comes up with a way the wife could have done the deed, there are a lot of clues that hint that the murder was a lot more complex than that.
After that, a famous slapstick comedian is found shot in the head in a nuclear bunker, but he wasn't physically capable of shooting himself. A plastic surgeon is found dead, and his famous ex-lover seems to be the suspect until she's found dead... in a wardrobe Maddie was moving upstairs. Then a teenage girl goes missing, after being seen going into the mansion rock star Roy Pilgrim was in... except that he was imprisoned for the past day, and didn't see her come in. Finally, an old friend of Jonathan's is found stabbed with a katana in a locked office... and no one came in or out.
The core idea of "Jonathan Creek" is that if a brilliant, impossible crime were committed, it would take someone with "inside-out" thinking to figure it out. So we have some really weird crimes in here -- involving modern-day arks, gorillas, frogs, plastic surgery, an uninstalled toilet and a really bad case of arthritis.
The only problem is that one or two of the cases are a wee bit far-fetched (a fatal object just happens to conveniently fall -- was that divine intervention?). But the crimes themselves are brilliantly thought out, and very simple once Jonathan has unraveled the facts. And the writers spin up plenty of comedy as well (Jonathan waiting for a gorilla to vacate the bathroom) as well as a dash of romance.
Alan Davies puts in a great performance as Jonathan: shy, reclusive, reluctant and socially awkward, but with a special fascination for puzzles and mysteries. He's sort of like Adrian Monk but without the phobias and OCD. And Quentin is a delightful counterpoint to Davies -- she's as fiery, bombastic and outgoing as he is... not.
Most mystery series dabble in the impossible crime, and "Jonathan Creek - Season One" takes it one step further by focusing on those crimes alone.
Description of Jonathan Creek - Season One
Synopsis: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin/BBCItem Type: Unknown Type
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 10/24/06
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
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