A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2015 1h 23m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 114

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A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Candace Cameron Bure
Aurora Teagarden
Lexa Doig
Sally Allison
Marilu Henner
Aida Teagarden
Peter Benson
Arthur Smith
Miranda Frigon
Lynn Liggett
Bruce Dawson
John Queensland
Sonya Salomaa
Marcia Rideout
Stephen Huszar
Father Scott Aubrey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Martin Wood
Writers: Teena Booth
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Aurora Teagarden Mystery Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Martin Wood, shot by Neil Cervin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lawrence Shragge. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ron Yoshida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Candace Cameron Bure and Lexa Doig and Marilu Henner carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Martin Wood directs. Neil Cervin behind the camera. Lawrence Shragge scores. Ron Yoshida cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 11 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
4Part of the "Aurora Teagarden Mystery Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Martin Wood, shot by Neil Cervin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Lawrence Shragge. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ron Yoshida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Candace Cameron Bure and Lexa Doig and Marilu Henner carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt4200442 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Neil Cervin
Original score: Lawrence Shragge
Editing: Ron Yoshida
Production design: Rick Whitfield
Costume design: Tanya Lipke
Makeup / hair: Denise Barnes
Sound: David Green
Stunt coordinator: Paul Wu
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)

Part of

Aurora Teagarden Mystery Collection

Twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes…

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Reno2017-11-29
★ 7/10
A piece of puzzle and the murder mystery. Another year, another November, it's time to pick a new film series and I have chosen Aurora Teagarden. This is a fictional character based on the series of a crime novel published in the last three decades. The book series is not over yet. There are ten books total for now, but only six films were made so far. All of them a television production, made for Hallmark channel. They have chosen a second book to open the account for a new film franchise. I haven't read the original source, but I did not find any difficulties in the introduction of the characters. Once I watch the next film, which was actually based on the first book, I'll know the reason why. It all started off nice and slowly. Aurora is divorced young woman, works in a library. Decent life with one best friend, rent paying mother and people likes her. She's enthusiastic in unsolved crimes. A member in one of those kind of clubs where people gather and talk about stuffs. So it all begins when an old woman died and leaving behind all the wealth and property to her. They were never known well each other, but soon she finds there something behind it. Then she discovers a potential evident. And using that, she tries to find what actually happened and who did. The attempt fails, though she never gives up. Finally decides to go on an alternate way where the truth must come out. Does it all go accordingly! And how the rest of the story progresses were told with a twist. ❝Reading it won't help you solve every mystery, but it might help with one or two.❞ There's a difference between cops solving crimes and ordinary people doing the same. Aurora is not one of those ordinary women. She just misplaced with her profession. Even her ex husband was a cop. That tells why they had married in the first place, even though they never truly loved one another. Despite her passion to solve the crimes, seems nobody around her encouraging enough. That's including her best friend and her own mother. Then there is no give-up attitude, that makes her to take wild decisions, not worrying about the consequences. Being a crime-mystery, they have included some nice moments. Overall decently written. Nothing like that you haven't seen them before. But interests enough to hook up for an 80 minute. Especially for a television quality, it passes. But, there's no clear picture what was the objective. Was it a murder-mystery or any other crime. Yes, the opening few seconds had given a big clue, but the real crime scene was never revealed in pictures like how it all happened. I was very curious to see it rather hear about it. That's why I watch films instead of reading books. It was just a first film, fairly familiarised the universe. Going to the second, surely I would find more comfortable. Especially anticipating other characters to contribute in the main story stream. Not everything's about the crime, I hope the romance part would be progressed well in the following films. As usual the television world is ruled by women, this is also a woman oriented tale. But for all ages. Just don't expect big, like Hollywood level. This little Canadian film definitely worth a watch. 7/10

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