Crooked House

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In my scale of 5 star- 5 is a master piece, 2 is boring. so 3 star= 1.5 stars. It's polished with good production values but nothing to hang it on. I wanted to like it better. I didn't read the book- I think all the agatha christie movies make my expectation of the books to be flat too. The ppl who hate it, hate the director. but I have to lay the blame at the writers' feet too. some say the book was much better. Another example of good actors taking small parts when they can get them. Maybe Julian Sand, Christina Hendricks, and Gilllian Anderson felt safe in taking the role bec Glen Close & Terence Stamp were in it too. Give these ppl something to do. It just goes on and on. I couldn't care about family secrets or who killed the rich old man. I read the spoilers bec I wanted to know what was going on, And what happened at the end. But i kept falling asleep, or my mind was going blank. Remarks on Max Irons, Nepotism, Jeremy Iron's son/ the worst.

As expected in an Agatha Christie adaptation, someone poisons the patriarch of the wealthy Leonides family, leading to an investigation. There are plenty of suspects, a dysfunctional and eccentric bunch, and that's what makes this adaptation amusing. The characters are well etched, and well played by everyone. The production is good, the mystery is fairly engaging, however I prefer reading Agatha Christie books as not many adaptations capture the cosiness, the fun or attention to detail to the mystery and the characters.

Great cast and acting, nothing really happens in a rather dead flat featureless film, until the last few minutes. A shame, no real build up of characters and not very entertaining that is the point?