Monday, July 02, 2007

A quirky mystery




My pick for July 16: "The Last of Sheila."

This odd whodunit is a lot of fun, especially for puzzle enthusiasts. When I saw it more than a year ago, I paused it shortly after starting so I could grab a pen and paper to play along as characters try to solve a murder mystery via process of elimination. (Not all of them survive the process.)

It's a little obscure, even for cult status, but Netflix does carry it. It has the greatness of James Coburn, the vapidity of Raquel Welch, terrific and terrible dialogue, a lot of that '70s campy nuttiness and a top-notch, twisty plot.

2 comments:

kc said...

Kudos on the use of "vapidity."

Can't wait.

Erin said...

Sounds like fun!