'Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears' Is (Almost) Everything Fans Could Want
The third and final season of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries initially aired in 2015. Since then, viewers have been waiting and hoping for Every Cloud Productions to find a way to bring Essie Davis back to the role. It's been a long road from the Kickstarter in 2017 to this week's premiere of Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears, the first feature film starring The Hon. Miss Phryne Fisher, but I am happy to report to all and sundry it is worth the wait. There's only one small cloud, but one that maybe can be rectified, should there be a sequel.
Jack: End the Curse?
Miss Fisher: That's what you *do* with curses, Jack.
When the film opens, Miss Fisher finds herself in British-Controlled Palestine, but not for long. She's a wanted woman, not just for sticking her nose into international affairs, but for a prison break, as she rescues Shirin Abbas (Izabella Yena), a rabble-rouser working to overthrow the British empire's control of her country. The two of them escape, in a ten-minute sequence that magically features Fisher in three different outfits, and jumping onto a moving train in heels and a hat without twisting an ankle or losing her hat. Unfortunately, it seems like Phryne doesn't make it, as the train hits a tunnel with her still on top.
