Of course I was not familiar with the 2023 crime mystery "The Abigail Mysteries", as the crime mystery genre with female investigators never really was something that I was particularly interested in. But I opted to give the movie a fair chance, since I had the opportunity to watch it.
While the movie was watchable, it was not really a movie that tickled me in the right places. Now, I am not saying that it was a bad movie, it just didn't really cater to what I consider to be proper entertainment. But I am sure that if you enjoy female investigator crime mysteries, then you would find a lot more enjoyment in the movie than I did.
Writer Ansley Gordon put together a fair enough script, albeit a rather generic and predictable one. However, I wasn't aware that there would be such an overshadowing Christian theme interwoven into the narrative, and had I known that I would not have glanced in the movie's direction a second time. Yeah, the movie was a bit preachy at times, which definitely didn't appeal to me, nor did the whole Christianity aspect of the storyline for that matter.
I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, and despite the fact that the narrative was a swing and a miss in terms of entertaining me properly, then I will say that the acting performances were fair.
"The Abigail Mysteries" is a light-hearted crime mystery. There is no action, no thrills, no excitement, nor anything that would otherwise get your pulse up and heart pumping. So yeah, director Brittany Goodwin delivered a dud of a movie.
This is definitely not a movie that I will return to watch a second time, nor is it something that I would seek out future movies to watch, if they opt to make sequels.
My rating of "The Abigail Mysteries" lands on a most generous three out of ten stars.
