Things are not as simple as they seem at times in this story. Jane often sees beneath the surface. The missing piece is why the authenticator was killed. That was the best clue the characters had.
Sometimes in a movie or book, the writers give a clue by the scenes they show you. In this story there was one scene where entirely too much attention was paid to a certain thing and I immediately knew what the real mystery reveal was going to be at the end. I'm sure it is because I had seen or read that particular plot device before. (Perhaps it was the Thomas Crown Affair - I don't remember that movie well enough. Even if that idea was borrowed, it was a nice touch to the movie which had viewers looking in a different direction for most of it.)
The romance between Frank and Agnes was rushed. It would have worked better if the story had really played up some previous history between them.
Jane/Cathy is a likeable character. She's very smart and perceptive but also compassionate. The writers don't try to convince us that Jane is going to whoop anyone in a fight.
I'm not sure what crime they were going to convict Agnes of, especially if no one was going to press charges for stealing the fake. They definitely didn't have anything which would convict her of first degree murder. Maybe conspiracy, but that seems a stretch. Even more so with Hildy. It seems unlikely they could convince a jury of fraud if they couldn't find the original - she could easily deny knowing about it since she was merely the recipient of a painting that had been missing for decades from a time when Hildy was a child. Fortunately Jane's perceptive mind eliminated any problem for Hildy.
As much as I like to see at least one of the actors playing Cathy's family, I have to agree with the reviewer who said that playing down the family angle made this movie better.
Still, I found it entertaining for a TV movie especially on HMM.
Sometimes in a movie or book, the writers give a clue by the scenes they show you. In this story there was one scene where entirely too much attention was paid to a certain thing and I immediately knew what the real mystery reveal was going to be at the end. I'm sure it is because I had seen or read that particular plot device before. (Perhaps it was the Thomas Crown Affair - I don't remember that movie well enough. Even if that idea was borrowed, it was a nice touch to the movie which had viewers looking in a different direction for most of it.)
The romance between Frank and Agnes was rushed. It would have worked better if the story had really played up some previous history between them.
Jane/Cathy is a likeable character. She's very smart and perceptive but also compassionate. The writers don't try to convince us that Jane is going to whoop anyone in a fight.
I'm not sure what crime they were going to convict Agnes of, especially if no one was going to press charges for stealing the fake. They definitely didn't have anything which would convict her of first degree murder. Maybe conspiracy, but that seems a stretch. Even more so with Hildy. It seems unlikely they could convince a jury of fraud if they couldn't find the original - she could easily deny knowing about it since she was merely the recipient of a painting that had been missing for decades from a time when Hildy was a child. Fortunately Jane's perceptive mind eliminated any problem for Hildy.
As much as I like to see at least one of the actors playing Cathy's family, I have to agree with the reviewer who said that playing down the family angle made this movie better.
Still, I found it entertaining for a TV movie especially on HMM.