Agatha Collection

Helen Baxendale

Blake Harrison

Jacqueline Boatswain

Gina Bramhill

Daniel Caltagirone

Thomas Chaanhing

Scott Chambers

Vanessa Grasse

Jodie McNee

Elizabeth Tan

Morgan Watkins

Alistair Petrie

Blair Mowat

Emily Dalton

Carol Harding

Tom Dalton

Birgit Dierken

Fiona Brands

Paul Booth

Nigel Egerton

Sallie Adams

Christian Bourne

Grantly Butters

Nichol Hoye

Kenneth Cassar

Nikovich Sammut

George Galea

Norman Ellul

Lisa Vanoli

Mark Cassar

Eoghan Synnott

James Spiteri

Nigel Gourley

Tom Cairns

Craig Irving

Marek Forreiter

Seb Bruen

Cesline Balzar

Sebastian Cardwell

Chamoun Issa

Joe Stephenson

Mystery

Drama

Agatha and the Midnight Murders

Factual Fiction

United Kingdom

Peter McGinn

If I didn’t have a lot of experience reading reviews, perhaps I wouldn’t have watched this. While I considered it’s description I saw a lot of very negative reviews on another site. I mean, it was made out to be the worst movie ever by some. But I watched it and I will say why in a moment.

I enjoyed the movie. Not the best mystery I have watched lately, but it held my attention throughout. There was just enough humor, just enough factual detail, and small twists to keep me engaged. I was pleasantly surprised.

Perhaps it helped that I have never been an Agatha Christie fan. Her writing is fine, but I didn’t care for Poirot as a character. I didn’t mind Marple, so perhaps I should give her books another try.

But back to this movie. When a film has a ton of one-star ratings, I have learned to quickly peruse a bunch of them to determine if it is for one of the most common reasons: politics, religion or remake or a similar bias. In this case a lot of angry people seemed to think that all Agatha Christie based films should be directly from her books. This movie was more creative, spinning a 5ale of might have been. I thought it worked; you shall have to decide for yourself. But if you are a Christie purist, save yourself the frustration and give it a miss.

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