Excellent adaptation.

A Masterpiece!

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Although some scenes were clearly In Ireland, possibly Kerry, much was filmed in the LA area I think. The clearness of the daylight was too good for the British Isles. The hotch potch of accents made this compelling viewing for me, there was an old lady (related to the patriarch) with a Glaswegian (Scottish) accent, a few Northern Oirish voices (including one of the leads - Sarah-Jane Potts) and some lovely strong west coast brogues (to be sure there were from de detective fella in particolar). That and the wonderfully woeful stereotyping of de irish, Irish dancing in a US style sports bar, an old rogue telling a dreadfully dull mythical Irish tale and all this being thoroughly lapped up by a youthful clientèle favouring Guinness or Whiskey of course! Brilliant. Could have been worse; I was once in an Irish bar in NYC and an Irish American ordered himself what he felt was an authentic drink: half Guinness/half Kilkenny! I choked. No joke, it all made this more fun to watch. Also look out for the large American Ford van in a chase scene, who shipped that over? And the detective's car, a lovely 80s mercedes with French headlamps. Gorgeous car mind. Quite a stock of right hand drive vehicles in them thar Hollywood Hills. I quite like MSW, but my favourite TV detective will always be Columbo. Slainte!

I love the show and I have really liked all the TV movies. The Celtic Riddle is my least favourite of the TV movies, but it is very enjoyable still. So what were its problems? Some scenes felt a little too padded out and I do have to agree some of the accents are rather shaky. Plus there is some uneven pacing. However, the story is a good one, it intrigues and the ending is suspenseful enough. What delighted me most though was the beautiful scenery and the photography is nice and lush. I also liked the music, it was melodious, beautiful and haunting and the end credits song was a lovely touch. The script is decent, the direction is good and the acting is pretty good- Angela Lansbury is wonderful as always while Fionnula Flannagan is beautiful and fiery. Nobody else stands out really, but they certainly aren't bad. Overall, enjoyable and definitely worth seeing for the scenery and Lansbury. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Jessica Fletcher is one of my favorite actresses and she hits a home run with this one.The movie is set in Ireland, and the cast is mainly Irish, except for Jessica of course. The scenery and characters are very vivid and make you long to visit Ireland.So Jessica is called to Ireland for the reading of the will. The deceased leaves a riddle to be solved, of which the prize is something of great value....And so it is off. The riddle takes teamwork as each person is left a small piece of a puzzle to be solved. Several murders ensue and the race is on to solve the riddle and find the killer.I loved this one.

Yes, the nosy Ms. Fletcher has returned for another murder mystery. When presented with roundtrip tickets to Ireland to attend a reading of an acquaintance's will, Jessica Fletcher discovers just what the prospect of finding treasure will do to people.The made-for-TV film was corny and pretty flimsy to solve, and it was quite a joke to see the immediate transitions of some of the characters. The ending was also quite abrupt, but the film managed to remain at least somewhat entertaining.