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Anyone who has viewed more than two or three of Jessica's 40-minute TV episodes can set their watch by the little scene where she stops and says "Now let me see if I've got this right" - her chance to help all the dumbos to keep up with the plot.

Well 80 minutes is very different from 40 minutes, and I personally would have welcomed at least one of these idiot-board updates in the course of this bigger and busier version of 'Murder, She Wrote'. No fewer than 37 characters are listed, and their names flung about like confetti, so we only dimly understand who's who in the zoo. But don't let that put you off; the masterly ending will make the same impact anyhow.

The story takes us by rail into the baking sands of Arizona, about as far as you can get from Cabot Cove, both geographically and spiritually. Trains are always good for murder mysteries, with plenty of enigmatic strangers and chance meetings. And with Jessica on board, it's a safe bet that one or two passengers won't quite make it to their destination.

By about the midpoint, we've learned to mistrust every snarling male, but not, of course, certain gracious females who are so keen to confide in Jessica. (This view takes a bit of a knock in the closing stages.)

We can't reveal much more without giving away some key twists that are vastly superior to anything seen in the standard episodes. As for the murder-motive, this relates to a hi-tech agenda that manages to look just as fresh and topical now as it would have done in 1997 - a singular achievement. There are some pleasing touches, like a wacky hotel receptionist (Susan Blommaert) who turns out to be one of Jessica's most devoted fans. And only the inaudible dialogue at a key moment in the dining-car scene lets down the production values.

At the end, Jessica is pointing out the murderer's careless mistakes in her best schoolmarm style. (But regular viewers may like to know that we're spared the usual spluttering "But that's ridiculous..." protest from the other party this time round!)

Okay . . . . the four "Murder She Wrote" movies are currently on Amazon Prime. It can be confusing how to find them, however. You must do a search for "Murder She Wrote" (New). It will show 4 seasons. Seasons 2, 3 & 4 are all showing the description of Season 2, even though they are actually the remaining two movies. Hopefully, Amazon will correct this eventually.

I never watched many of the TV episodes until the last few years, when I saw them all on Peacock. You do get really attached to Jessica, and are sad when all the episodes are watched. Seeing these movies instantly brings back that attachment. Jessica is the same, at least in this first movie.

It's an interersting story, although I guessed who the killers were before the ending, even though I wasn't trying to do so. Jessica ends up in Arizona after a train ride that ended up with one passenger missing and one murdered. Both the FBI and higher government powers are involved, which I found dull; but Jessica herself is never dull, and it was great to see the late, great Angela Lansbury in action again.

It is good to see Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) back in action in the first TV movie after the Murder, She Wrote TV series ended. This time, Jessica meets a woman named Sarah (Mel Harris) while on a train to El Paso. Sarah disappears and leaves her purse behind, setting a stage of events where Sarah is believed to have witnessed a homicide and a criminal is pursuing her to reclaim a possession, leading the involvement of the FBI and leaving Jessica caught in the middle of the mayhem.

This movie possesses the same charm, sleuth tactics and plot twists and turns of the TV series, and is filled with some intriguing plot points and daring investigation scenes that puts Jessica all over the map that one would find compelling. The direction and pacing are pretty good, aside from the plot that tends to drag a little towards the middle of the movie. The acting is also pretty spot on.

With all the finger-pointing and unpredictability elements in the movie, you would be eager to find the truth of the matter and who is behind the all the criminal activities. It is a good TV movie that is a nice throwback to the heyday of the TV series.

Grade B

This was the first TV-movie that continued the mysteries of crime novelist and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, a role that Angela Lansbury made loved around the world in the popular TV series, Murder She Wrote.

On the outside it may seem like just a feature length episode of that show, but if you look at it closely you'll see that it has some wonderful moments that make it a superior TV-movie. I suppose having said that you really do need to have an interest in this sort of TV mystery formula and if you have a love for the show then you will adore this.

There are some wonderful moments of mystery and intrigue built up and towards the end you are gagging to find out the truth as you always are in these mysteries. Also,as usual with a good mystery, there are some wonderful twists and turns which I'm obviously not going to talk about. I would recommend this to die hard fans of the series and anyone who enjoys a good mystery.

I do agree that this is a must see for fans of the show like I am. I don't think any of the TV movies achieve the level of greatness the show does but they come close. This could be the best of them, and the one that is most like the show in terms of tone. The plot is filled with intriguing twists and turns though nothing too complicated, and the script has some great moments as well. The direction is solid, the pacing is good in general if a tad draggy in the middle half and the scenery and photography are striking. I liked the beautiful and haunting music too, and the acting is fine, especially from Angela Lansbury(obviously), while Mel Harris and Keith David also give good turns. Overall, a true delight for fans of the series. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Headed to a lecture by train, Jessica is sent on a mysterious journey after she has a brief encounter in the dining car with a woman -who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code - who later vanishes.

This feature length MSW is a well-plotted and enjoyable mystery with Jessica doing what she does best - putting her nose where it doesn't belong and solving a case of murder, witnesses and codes. Loved the train setting, though halfway in the setting changes to Arizona and rugged landscapes and long winding roads. The plot can be over convoluted and it's not always clear how Jessica comes to her conclusion, but it's still fun with its twist and turns.

This is Murder She Wrote at its best This movie is by far my fave along side the Celtic riddle It's a movie I can watch again and again Jessica Fletcher is traveling to a lecture by train When she befriends a women in protective custody When her new friend goes missing after dinner Jessica is attracted after being mistaking for her friend And with that JB decides to investigate This movie has a great cast great script and true Murder She Wrote Vibe That fans of the series will love Cannot not give it anything but a 10/10 If your a murder she wrote fan and you haven't seen it what the hell are you waiting for If you have seen it watch it again And if you have never seen or heard of murder she wrote Watch it and I promise you will discover one of the greatest shows of all time

Take "Miss Marple...", cross it with "Strangers on a Train", and throw in a little bit of "Thelma and Louise", and you have this movie!

Unless you're a big fan of the TV show "Murder, She Wrote" - you might be put off by a feature length episode of the program. However, it plays surprisingly well as a movie on its own, so that even people who don't get into the TV show might enjoy it.

I Enjoyed this very, very much! It makes me want to watch more Angela Lansbury movies now, and I think I will very soon!

No one could've played JB Fletcher as well as Angela Lansbury! She's so charming. And I know she did much more than that character, but when you watch it, you feel like she is the character. The part fits her like a glove. It makes this movie So nice to watch, because she always infused the character with her signature warmth that is so palpable through the screen!

To make this even better, Joan Jett birth numbers appeared in a key scene in the movie, because JB Fletcher checked into a hotel at exactly 9:58 AM and Joan was born 9/58! Always love anything that reminds me of her too!

"Murder, She Wrote: South By Southwest," is a title that's an obvious homage to Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic suspenser, "North By Northwest," This is because while a great portion of the Hitchcock classic takes place aboard a train, so does this thriller - and a thriller, it is! I loved Angela's "Murder, She Wrote, series - but this is so much more competent; so much more professional - it's production so much more stylish; so much more like a motion picture.

I'm watching this for the first time right now as I type this because I was drawn to record a wonderfully positive review. On my on screen TV guide, some igno gave it one star...one lousy star! I'm sorry, but this is a full three-star mystery! This is one of the finest, if not the finest, Jessica Flether "murder, She Wrote" mysteries of them all!

Jessica is on a train heading to give a lecture in El Paso. At dinner, she is paired up with a young woman named Judy Taylor, and after the meal, Judy just vanishes. Investigations lead Jessica to a small Arizona town called Agua Verde.

I adore the series and have reviewed every episode. Confession time: I had no idea these movies existed, so this came a year after the series ended. There are four new cases, and I'm so excited. Hopefully, the others are as good as this one.

Murder, She Wrote pays homage to Hitchcock; it's very much a retelling of The Lady Vanishes, and Jessica makes it her mission to find a missing woman. We know the character and format. The unknown here was the running time; I'd suggest this worked particularly well.

The running time allowed for the development of both the plot and the characters, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

There are lots of very nice-looking scenes, such as Jessica walking along the railroads. However, isn't Arizona known for coral snakes and rattlers, though?

I can't look at Susan Blommaert without thinking of her character from the X Files, episode 'Die hand Die verlettz,' talk about two contrasting performances!

1997, what a time that was! Who didn't love a Game Boy? It beats everything that is available now.

9/10.

This story full of suspense. It starts off with a man being murdered and a woman walking her dog sees the murderer. The woman tell the police she is afraid because the killer knows what she looks like.

JB Fletcher goes on a train a makes friends with a Mrs Taylor not knowing the lady is the witness to the murder who later disappears.

There are men that get on board and they all look suspicious. You start to think maybe they will kill Mrs Taylor.

The story is about secret codes for Satellites that are worth a lot of money. They are being sought by a number of people some working for the government and some from other countries. The man that was killed was meeting a reporter because the codes where in error and the higher ups would not listen to him to correct the problem so he was going to give the reporter the story.

It kind of reminds me of what happened recently with the NSA. The NSA was spying on people and countries and Snowden not like what the NSA was doing so he started to reveal internal things that happened to news reporters.

The story has a lot of suspense and action that takes place on the train. It has lots of persons of interest. Good to watch.

Without a doubt the best! of the 4 spin-off TV movies from the 'Murder, She Wrote' TV series.

Superb styling. A great story that pans out well, with a couple of surprising plot twists at the end. More worthy of Lansbury's dramatic scope than, sadly, the rest of the TV spin-offs, this is one film that is well worth setting the set-top box to record.

With wonderful subtle references to other 'train crime' movies: the film noir 'Double Indemnity'; 'The 39 Steps' (the rural train station at which Jessica Fletcher disembarks is amusingly named 'Hannay' after that film's lead character Richard Hannay); and of course another famous Hitchcock train movie: 'North by Northwest'. Plus there are elements of 'The Lady Vanishes' when one of the lead characters disappears; all the more poignant, of course, as Angela Lansbury herself starred as 'the lady' in the 1978 film version of the 'TLV'!

Indubitably a fun film for die-hard fans of the TV series. And the most watchable of the spin-offs. Maybe this is because it was the first (made in 1997) of the 4 movies. But in any case the other 3 spin-offs in this TV franchise are little more than self-indulgent, rambling & soporific TV 'dross'. This initial TV movie, however, is a more 3-dimensional film.

A well-scripted story in which the plot gives Lansbury the chance to really act. Enjoy. It offers a fun couple of hours' viewing.