the movie's murder-mystery heart never truly gets pumping, though; the psychological games prove far less tantalizing than the filmmaker's evocation of a wintry 1960 Northeast
as its quickly stumbles through its crimes and clues, "A Kind of Murder" leaves you with the uneasy feeling that a promising mystery has simply been designed to death
a fine cast and Highsmith's name will attract attention at fests, but commercial prospects aren't what they might have been for this feature outing by Brit TV vet Goddard