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- PBS
- Dec 26, 2013
- PBS
- Dec 26, 2013
- PBS
- Dec 26, 2013
- PBS
- Dec 26, 2013
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Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
66
65% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
35% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Death Comes to Pemberley has the extra advantage of being perfectly cast and extremely entertaining, even for those who might need a Jane Austen refresher course.
Even if this isn’t precisely the sequel to “Pride and Prejudice” we might have wanted, it’s better than no sequel at all.
Death Comes to Pemberley works so well because the characters are so perfectly realized. Affairs, unwed pregnancies, and murder all abound, but at the heart of the series is the story of a marriage.
The crime (and the crime solving) can’t hold a candle to the delight of watching Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy drift apart and then back together in a refrain of their story of obstinate love--a task Rhys and Maxwell Martin acquit themselves of quite well.
Unfortunately, the mystery isn't very gripping, and there's precious little wit in the proceedings, which come off like a CBS crime procedural dressed in Jane Austen clothing.
The solution to whodunit ends satisfactorily and in keeping with the book. The leads, though, display little chemistry, and that’s something Jane Austen’s sensibilities would never have allowed.
Death Comes to Pemberley is thoroughly and frustratingly middling.
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.3
71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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