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Midsomer Murders, Set 10 | 
| Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 59.99
Buy New: CDN$ 39.55
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Sales Rank: 5408
Format: Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: ACRDAMP8043D
UPC: 054961804399
EAN: 0054961804399
ASIN: B00118VEH8
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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Gruesome doings in bucolic villages make IMidsomer Murders/I an addictive British detective series. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (John Nettles), a staunch, determined policeman with a nose for sniffing out motives and crucial mistakes, investigates murders in this bizarrely homicidal rural district, accompanied by the younger, not as insightful, but still dutiful Sergeant Scott (John Hopkins). ISet 10/I features three superb episodes and one disappointing one (which, confusingly enough, are from the show's eighth series on the BBC). Each episode is a 90-100 minute movie, cunningly structured so the solution always seems just out of reach yet tantalizingly close. The characters are well-developed and rarely feel like mere puppets designed to distract viewers from an inevitable solution; the psychological richness of the show is crucial to its appeal. In ISecond Sight/I, a young lad may have died from electric shocks delivered during tests of his extrasensory powers. As Barnaby struggles to separate science from superstition, he comes across an ominous caged chair, a psychic baby, and a man who fears he's foreseen his own death. IHidden Depths/I features some truly spectacular revenge killings, including one using a catapult and many bottles of wine; the episode is practically a genteel (and less pretentious) version of ISaw/I or ISeven/I. ISauce for the Goose/I turns the prosaic setting of a relish factory into a swirling crucible of madness, secrets, lost love, and boiled flesh. Only IMidsomer Rhapsody/I, in which the possibly forged manuscript of a dead composer results in a variety of head traumas, founders in melodramatic backstory. But even when the show isn't at its sharpest, Nettles drives each episode forward with his charismatic blend of compassion and doggedness. Viewers usually resistant to crime-show formulas may find IMidsomer Murders/I more compelling than most, while any fan of mysteries will be hooked in seconds. I--Bret Fetzer/I
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