An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (film)

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Directed by Chris Petit
Produced by Peter McKay
Michael Relph
Written by P. D. James
Elizabeth McKay
Chris Petit
Brian Scobie
Starring Billie Whitelaw
Pippa Guard
Cinematography Martin Schäfer
Edited by Mick Audsley
Release date
  • February 1982 (1982-02)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £750,000[1]

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is a 1982 British crime film directed by Chris Petit. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] It is based on the novel of the same name by P. D. James.

Plot

After finding her former boss, a private detective, is dead and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. She becomes obsessed with the boy and his suspicious death.

Cast

Reception

In a review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote "As befits an English country-house mystery, the film has enough wood paneling, wildflowers and overall gentility to appeal to the genre's most ardent fans. But a couple of the film's transitions are abrupt enough to make the head spin, and its final action sequences are woefully perfunctory. The denouement is as disappointing as Mr. Petit's inability to breathe life into Cordelia, her sleuthing and her peculiar obsession."[3] A review in Variety summarized; "Perhaps it is unfair to unravel this tale which is handled from a distance by director Christopher Petit robbing it of a more forceful narration, timing and revelation."[4]

References

  1. ↑ BRITISH PRODUCTION 1981 Moses, Antoinette. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 51, Iss. 4, (Fall 1982): 258.
  2. ↑ "Berlinale: 1982 Programme". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Maslin, Janet (26 April 1985). "Film: 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Variety Review: ‘An Unsuitable Job for a Woman’
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