The Girl from St. Agnes (2019– ) User Reviews

Another good South African production

[ekerr-11554 · 8/10 · 26 January 2024]

A mystery tv show in the backdrop of a private girls school.

A death which brings about a private investigation by a school teacher. There is lots of suspects with motives) One draw back is some of the motives are quite shoehorned in just to make the viewer keep guessing. Pro tip- if you see a male in this movie just assume they have dark and immoral secrets. At first I thought this was lazy writing but I can see why it was necessary to through the viewer off the real scent.

The main character who investigates is quite unlikeable at times and is only redeemed in scenes when she has a stronger character to bounce off.

The deceased victim appears in flashbacks and really steals the show. You will very quickly be enchanted by the allure and mystery surrounding her life.

If you like mystery you will enjoy this, if you are like me you may work it out with an episode to spare (although I predicted the motive of the person incorrectly).

Interesting indeed

[nightmareteddybear · 9/10 · 1 May 2021]

Very interesting storyline! Many twists and turns. Keeps you guessing on what might happen next!

Good story

[duran-94577 · 4/10 · 17 September 2021]

A suspensful story with a solid cast. Could have done better with the main protaganist as the performance was better suited to a stage play.

Could have easily been condensed into 6 episodes

[hillwalker3000 · 3/10 · 3 March 2024]

It would appear that ITV have recently been buying cheap English-language dramas from Australia, New Zealand and in this instance South Africa to avoid having to spend money producing their own home-grown series. The results have often been dire, with the best being merely watchable. 'The Girl from St Agnes' is watchable - though there are far too many meandering scenes where a song is played on the soundtrack while one of the characters gazes into space in a meaningful way. The songs are whiney and tuneless and merely add to the amateurish melodrama. The main protagonist is particularly prone to these reveries when she's not exploding with fake emotion. Nina Milner's acting skills are rather awful.

The plot is intriguing, although it would seem that every single character has a motive to want Lexi dead which diminishes the suspense by the half way mark. What's baffling is the police chief's decision to close the case and class it as suicide when all the evidence points to murder (leaving it to Nancy to investigate in the most clunky way possible). He is in the pocket of the local landowner (Clayton) but there's no reason why Clayton wants the murder hidden until the very end of the story which makes no sense.

As far as the exotic location - forget it. South African society appears to be riddled with racists, misogynistic psychopaths and vile individuals in general. Not one single person comes out looking good at the end. One also assumes casting were asked to pick some of the least attractive actors available for this show.

Nina Milner might be a model in another life, but most of the time she looks like an anorexic android. And one of the local indigenous girls, the one with an attitude problem, looks simply odd. Then we have Tristan de Beer - portraying a schoolboy who looks about 40 years old - he has to be the most obnoxious character ever to appear on British TV. The boys from St Ambrose are universally vile and their attempt at boyish banter is revolting. But Tristan is the worst of them all Shame on South African TV for portraying public schools over there in such a negative way without a single redeeming factor.