Review of Murder in the Mirror

For me to enjoy a mystery, I need to feel that the events shown could actually happen. This feeling never happened once in this movie. The best acting in the movie was just so-so and most was terrible. Notable in this was James Farentino. No doubt the poor acting was caused by the director (James Keach) requiring so little. Aside from the generally poor acting was the poor script. Seldom did anyone act in a way that the average person would say is normal. For instance Jane Seymour is the chief suspect in her husband's murder because of an eye witness identifying her.She locates the person who looks somewhat like her but dosn't get her name. When she reports this to the police, she says that she didn't get her last name only the first-Rita. Later on the eve of her indictment she locates Rita again but instead of reporting to the police, she puts her in her own protective custody. The movie is so corny that in the only sex scene, there is magically a room full of lit candles just so we can figure out what theye're doing under the sheets. I gave the movie a rating of "2" only because of Jane Seymour's beauty and her passable acting. The rest of the movie was contrived to the point of pain.