8 Women A.K.A. 8 femmes (2002)

A French Italian musical mystery directed by François Ozon, starring Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard.
A group of women are meeting for Christmas, but find that the man of the house is dead. The grandmother, mother, aunts and daughters are trying to find who killed the husband, but they are all lying for different reasons.
Strange genre combination with lots of reading. The plot was a typical murder mystery, but all of the characters were women from the same family. There was a range of affluenza represented in these characters. All of them were quite famous and featured in many films. They all looked good too. Video was excellent, probably because of post-production color work. I'm referring to high contrast and saturation here. Audio was all in French and the subtitles were on time. The 'subtitles were 'screwy and 'scribbled by 'someone 'stupid who pluralized with apo'strophe's. I have a feeling that in a few year's, the S will grow an apo'strophe in every in'stance. I rate this adequate because the plot held my attention and the video looked amazing. However, it just did not do it for me. I know it's good, but did not suit my personal taste. You should seriously consider watching it.

5 Fingers A.K.A. Five Fingers (1952)

An American spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason and  Danielle Darrieux.
A valet for a British embassador is selling photos of secret documents to the Germans during World War II. He tries to form a relationship with a woman spy, but is unsuccessful. A British counter-intelligence agent is trying to find who is leaking the secret documents.
This was not bad, but not very interesting. The plot did not hold my attention very well because I'm not interested in political intrigue. The characters were acted well and I really like the casting of the counter-intelligence agent. He seemed to fit his role very well. Black and white 4:3 video is really nothing interesting and camera placement of that time seems too obvious and standard now. The audio worked and I could hear all of the dialogue. I rate this poor for being so boring. You probably should not watch it.