Crooked House (2017)
(2017)Max Irons (The Host) leads an all-star cast featuring Glenn Close and Gillian Anderson in this screen adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery novel.... More
Private detective Charles Hayward (Irons) is invited to solve a gruesome crime where nobody is above suspicion, including Sophia (Stefanie Martini, TV's Emerald City), his client and former lover.Hide
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Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner ('Dark Places', 'Sarah's Key', 'Pretty Things')
Starring Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey, Christina Hendricks, Terence Stamp, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson
Written by Julian Fellowes, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Tim Rose Price (based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name)
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Crooked House (2017)
BY Alissa-Warren superstar
I need to like my characters or at least something about them. The ending is shocking but nothing I didn't see coming. Lots of interesting characters but I just didn't give a toss for any of them. Now if it had ended with the crooked house being turned into a raging inferno which killed off all of them , I would have dragged out the marshmallows on sticks with glee.
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A visual treat but a less-than-tantalising mystery. Full Review
Irons more than holds his own at the centre of this swirling mystery, and Martini proves an enchanting leading lady, but the real draws are Close and Anderson, who bring a ferocious zest to their over-the-top characters. Full Review
The superb cast provides mild pleasures, as do some aspects of the elaborate mystery itself. Full Review
"Crooked House" keeps you guessing, right up to its shocking conclusion (of which Christie was especially proud, naming it a personal favorite among her extensive oeuvre). Full Review
Crooked House knows what its job is: to set up a tangled web of colourful characters, throw in a few red herrings, set off its dynamite, and make its exit while the smoke is still in the air. Full Review
All in all, a hugely enjoyable, sumptuous adaptation that, while never attempting to break the Christie mould, imbued the story with a pleasingly contemporary feel. Full Review
The best Christie I have seen in years. Bravo Full Review
Succeeds where recent adaptations, such as Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express, failed: the how is just as important as the who. Full Review
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