What happened here? Why did they have Columbo doing so much physical contact and getting right up into people's personal space? Made him seem like a creep. I actually didn't mind the car squeeze-in scene. It was near the beginning and funny, tho it didn't seem necessary. But then they kept doing weird physical contact stuff, and in-your-space scenes.
The mystery wasn't compelling. Tho at first it's interesting as you think, oh this time they're not showing the murder as something different. Well, it is different, but not in a good way. In the end, we are left with a Poirot-like scene where all the usual suspects are present, and Columbo does his big presentation, and aha, moment as to who the killer is. Only with Poirot, it is always good. Here not so much. Mainly because at this point I just didn't care, the guest characters were annoying af, and the entire scene is drawn out and cringeworthy. To top it off, the killer is caught because of some stupid scene where Columbo gets everyone's reaction to a watch sound. I mean that wouldn't even hold up in court. A lawyer would just say the sound, sounded different, and that is why he said "no it isn't." That isn't even the main problem. There was no way Columbo could know what the killer would say. I mean he could have just said, "so what?" too. Then what?
Is it me or did Peter Falk over-act here? Gasp, say it isn't so. Love the guy, both the actor and the character, but sorry, he was over-the-top here, in his body movements, facial expressions, and, delivery of lines. I don't know why all of this happened. The script wasn't that great I'd say, and not very good direction. 3/10.
The mystery wasn't compelling. Tho at first it's interesting as you think, oh this time they're not showing the murder as something different. Well, it is different, but not in a good way. In the end, we are left with a Poirot-like scene where all the usual suspects are present, and Columbo does his big presentation, and aha, moment as to who the killer is. Only with Poirot, it is always good. Here not so much. Mainly because at this point I just didn't care, the guest characters were annoying af, and the entire scene is drawn out and cringeworthy. To top it off, the killer is caught because of some stupid scene where Columbo gets everyone's reaction to a watch sound. I mean that wouldn't even hold up in court. A lawyer would just say the sound, sounded different, and that is why he said "no it isn't." That isn't even the main problem. There was no way Columbo could know what the killer would say. I mean he could have just said, "so what?" too. Then what?
Is it me or did Peter Falk over-act here? Gasp, say it isn't so. Love the guy, both the actor and the character, but sorry, he was over-the-top here, in his body movements, facial expressions, and, delivery of lines. I don't know why all of this happened. The script wasn't that great I'd say, and not very good direction. 3/10.