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Love and Murder

  • TV Movie
  • 2000
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
146
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Love and Murder (2000)
CrimeDramaMystery

Joanne Kilbourn was a top police detective, until her distress over the unsolved murder of her husband caused her to leave the force to become a university lecturer. Still trying to help her... Read allJoanne Kilbourn was a top police detective, until her distress over the unsolved murder of her husband caused her to leave the force to become a university lecturer. Still trying to help her three children deal with the death of their father, she gets drawn back into another murd... Read allJoanne Kilbourn was a top police detective, until her distress over the unsolved murder of her husband caused her to leave the force to become a university lecturer. Still trying to help her three children deal with the death of their father, she gets drawn back into another murder investigation when her old friend, flighty artist Sally Love, comes back to town for an... Read all

  • Director
    • George Bloomfield
  • Writers
    • Gail Bowen
    • Robert Forsyth
    • R.B. Carney
  • Stars
    • Wendy Crewson
    • Victor Garber
    • Caroline Goodall
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    146
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Bloomfield
    • Writers
      • Gail Bowen
      • Robert Forsyth
      • R.B. Carney
    • Stars
      • Wendy Crewson
      • Victor Garber
      • Caroline Goodall
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Wendy Crewson
    Wendy Crewson
    • Joanne Kilbourn
    Victor Garber
    Victor Garber
    • Inspector Philip Millard
    Caroline Goodall
    Caroline Goodall
    • Sally Love
    Claire Bloom
    Claire Bloom
    • Nina Love
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Isaak Levin
    Rüdiger Vogler
    Rüdiger Vogler
    • Stuart Schell
    Tammy Isbell
    Tammy Isbell
    • Clea Poole
    Elizabeth Shepherd
    Elizabeth Shepherd
    • Hilda McCourt
    Colombe Demers
    • Mieka Kilbourn
    FourTee
    FourTee
    • Peter Kilbourn
    • (as Noah Shebib)
    Callahan Connor
    • Angus Kilbourn
    Natasha La Force
    • Taylor Love
    Cheryl MacInnis
    Cheryl MacInnis
    • Vivian
    Tim Rykert
    Tim Rykert
    • Desk Clerk
    Sally Cahill
    Sally Cahill
    • Real Estate Agent
    Marcel St. Pierre
    • Police Officer Mel
    Eve John
    • Police Officer
    Scot Denton
    • Pathologist
    • Director
      • George Bloomfield
    • Writers
      • Gail Bowen
      • Robert Forsyth
      • R.B. Carney
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    1ngbnd-56608

    Oh my...

    I don't really want to review the movie part of this movie. It was boring. Slow with too much "secret" stuff that isn't well explained either overtly or covertly. What was overt, though, was the sexual content. Nude art definitely sexual in nature, inappropriate conversations. And then they had to sink to p*dophil*a. A woman as old as a boy's mother who comes to stay in their home and then quickly gro*ms a young teen into sleep*ng with her. I shut the movie off at this point. The plot wasn't enough and, frankly, I think whoever wrote this picked the wrong victim for their murder mystery. Anyway, I don't recommend it, even if the issues I mentioned somehow don't bother you. It was very dull and not well executed.
    5JaynaB

    An unconvincing transition to the screen

    If this movie, often described as 'loosely based' on Gail Bowen's book, Murder at the Mendel, was any looser, it would be completely untethered. The main character's name, marital status, and her children are the same. However, the location has been changed from Saskatchewan to Ontario's ultra-expensive cottage country, reflecting the Ontario-centric nature of the Canadian film industry pre-Brokeback rather than any dramatic imperative (although it's possible that the accommodations in Toronto were more to the actors' tastes than anything available near Candle Lake). The artwork that was controversial and intriguing (and provided a possible motive) in the book was dumbed down and valued up; it might have been bought from Ikea's summer collection, with the faces of the actors painted in. An unconvincing subplot of police hostility was abandoned halfway through in favour of a romantic interest that also didn't go anywhere.

    The heroine's old back story and new profession have been unsuccessfully. Even Wendy Crewson can't make a convincing portrait of a widow who is at the same time a hard-nosed ex-cop calmly investigating a murder, a professor mining her personal life for teachable material, and an emotional wreck having flashbacks, suffering the stings of bitter widowhood and coping with not only a houseguest from hell but also with teenagers whose growing pains from the first several books were all dragged into one over-crowded storyline. It's not that real people don't have all that going on sometimes, but they're not also trying to solve other people's cases at the same time. They're numbly going through their day, trying to keep all the balls in motion. It was rather like watching two (or more) separate scripts that were accidentally mingled in the editing suite, clips of the same talented actress playing two separate roles.

    The good bits: the flashback sequences have a lovely eerie quality, due in part to the actors and in part to the camera work. The use of light was amazing. The two lead actresses put in stellar performances. There's a plethora of suspects with credible motives. You might well enjoy this mystery on an idle evening if you've never read the book or anything else by this author and don't know how compelling the original plot was.
    10iamluvd

    First of the Joanne Kilborn series

    This is the first film in the popular Joanne Kilborn mysteries, based loosely on the novels by Gail Bowen. Wendy Crewson's portrayal of the widowed ex-cop turned college professor feels genuine. We see her struggling with raising her children alone, grappling with her own loss and the unanswered questions surrounding her husband's murder and dealing with trauma from her own childhood. When her best friend from childhood reappears, and people around her fall prey to murder, Crewson plays the inquisitive friend with relentless sincerity and conviction. She makes us believe that she is just an average "every woman" who has the determination of a relentless blood hound when it comes to finding the answers to all the unknown questions. The fact that she can portray the hard nosed investigator/suburban mother/best friend/daughter of an alcoholic mother with seamless grace and ease is just another testament of her amazing talent.

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    • Release date
      • April 16, 2000 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Criminal Instincts: Love and Murder
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • CTV Television Network
      • Carlton America
      • Heartland Motion Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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