This is one of those dramas where simply to mention the sort of things that it brings to mind is to give away the plot.: the plays of Dario Fo and Tom Stoppard, or, on television, 'The Singing Detective'. One one hand, it's nicely executed, even if there'a certain element of cliché in this Edinburgh-set detective story, the necessity of whose introduction only eventually becomes apparent. But ultimately, there's none of the deep psychological underpinnings that characterised 'The Singing Detective', and the result is a story that whose whole is a gimmick, essentially less than the sum of its parts. One compensation for those of us who love Edinburgh is the fine use made of the city throughout the film.
Review of Reichenbach Falls
