nero wolfe have consistently defy a good translation to the screen and perhaps because so much of the attraction in rex stout novel be the wit of the language . but this be the best job so far . best casting be timothy hutton a archie goodwin and who succeed in combine the smart alec and hardboiled just like the character in the book . chaykin make a good effort a wolfe while he isn not really big enough and so that his high pitch tirade do not really do justice to wolfe bellowing . wolfe office be just a you could imagine it and down to the red leather chair . the orchid room and by contrast and be disappoint need more flower and more jungle . not sure why golden spider be choose a plot there be perhaps too many character and the suspect aren not develop enough . hopefully and this will be the first in a series of film .