The Riddle, 2007

This movie was unlike anything I've seen recently. It's a murder mystery told with a backstory (The backstory being an unpublished Charles Dickens manuscript) featuring its own murder and blackmail. It reminds me strongly of the Children's TV series "Wishbone", in that characters in the Dickens story show up in The Riddle as well, to good effect. Unfortunately, there are no Jack Russell terriers in this movie, but there is an interesting story. It is obvious to me that this movie was made for English audiences - most everyone will have trouble wading through the accents (You feel like you need subtitles at times, you might even want to back up and repeat), and the murder mystery - while intriguing - is hard to follow at times. However, Vinnie Jones is the perfect straight man for this role. It's odd to see him take such a beating here, as we know him most often as the tough guy in his films, but it's satisfying to see him for once as an everyman running on a simple hunch. I am probably overrating this movie, and I feel like I would have liked it better had I been able to understand more of what was being said (Again, the thick accents are hard to grasp), however, the story sold me. It is a unique movie, definitely throwback, and because of the style of how it is shot - with two stories being told at once simultaneously - it's a very tough sell. It's worth a try though!

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