The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008)

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Directed by Anthony Minghella.

Starring Idris Elba, David Oyelowo, Anika Noni Rose, Jill Scott, Lucian Msamati.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Anthony Minghella teams with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis to adapt author Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling series of novels in this film concerning Botswana's only female-owned detective agency. The first feature film shot entirely in the south-central African country of Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency follows seasoned sleuth Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott) as she investigates cases, assists the locals in solving various personal problems, and falls for the prominent owner of a successful garage. Anika Noni Rose co-stars as Ramotswe's quirky assistant, Mma Makutsi, in a feature intended to spark a full series. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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"I didnt have much time for the novels that this derives from,but ,felt i should give Anthony Minghellas last work ,a watch,and ,of course it was an exclusive for us U.K cineastes..The books are meant to be funny,but were also easily derided as simplistic,and a bit dodgy,as they are written by a "posh" white englishman,and the characterization seems not a little trite,verging on the racist...but maybe that's just my lilly livered liberal ass? Screening on BBC T.V. on Easter monday (DVD release soon i guess?) and downloaded via the "I-Player" Anthony Minghellas film,screenplay by Richard Curtis,captures the tone of the written stuff,and improves on it ,i feel..The premise of the self-appointed detective is ridiculous,verging on the patronisingly naive ,but makes for undeniably funny stuff. Jill Scott is Precious Ramotse,a woman of "traditional build" ,who knows right from wrong and has a sure eye for punctuation.The tone is mostly archly comic,and undeniably heartwarming, with a h ... " [More]

Tags: apostrophe , crimesolving , detective , africa , Botswana