In this classic Agatha Christie detective story, former diplomat Charles Hayward (Max Irons, Jeremy Irons' son) has gone back from Cairo to London to become a private detective. When Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, is poisoned in his own bed, Detective Hayward is invited to solve the crime. The spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover Sophia de Haviland (Stefanie Martini) to discover who killed the Greek billionaire to do everything possible to clarify the murder. As the investigation deepens he must confront the shocking realization that one of the key suspects is Aristede's beautiful granddaughter, his employer and former lover; and must keep a clear head to navigate the sultry Sophia and the rest of her hostile family, made up of the widow (Christina Hendricks), Lady Edith de Haviland (Glenn Close), Philip Leonides (Julian Sands), Magda Leonides (Gillian Anderson), Roger Leonides (Christian McKay), among others. The case will be complicated by more deaths and the fact that no one has a firm alibi. From the bestselling author of all time, comes one of her personal favourite thrillers !.
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, three generations of the Aristides Leónides family, live together in a curious and luxurious mansion with an inclined structure, the house's routine is cut short when Aristide turns up dead, and it is suspected that the culprit must be someone in the family. Following Agatha Christie usual premise in which our main role, Max Irons playing sympatheticaly an eye private, has to discover the murderer of the patriarch of the dynasty, while all the members of the family are suspected of the murder, although the majority have some alibi.
After winning the best director award for ¨Sarah's Key¨ at the Tokyo Film Festival, French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner returns with the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's enigmatic novel of the same title. The film is acceptable and passable but nothing special, it is a simple and glamorous adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel without providing any new element, letting itself be carried away heavily by too much insubstantial dialogue and many false clues without much sense, although the ending is quite emotional and tense. ¨Crooked House¨ stars a good cast headed by Max Irons (¨The Host¨) as the cunning detective assigned to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets, Stefanie Martini (¨Doctor Thorne¨), the winner of two Golden Globes and Emmy Awards Glenn Close (¨Dangerous liaisons¨) and the famous FBI agent of the television phenomenon X-files Gilliam Anderson. Completing the cast of suspects, Christina Hendricks, (¨Mad Men¨), Amanda Abbington, Honor Kneafsey, among others, many of them had previously appeared in TV renditions of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels before working on this Christie film adaptation. Furthermore, veterans as Roger Ashton-Griffiths and Terence Stamp, the unforgettable actor of the classic ¨The Collector¨ still very active performing.
In ¨Crooked House¨ stands out the luxury and colorful cinematography by Sebastian Wintero, including the monumental mansion. The motion picture was professionally directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. This french director has made decent films, such as: ¨Dark Places¨, ¨UV¨,¨Les jolies choses¨, ¨Gomez & Tavarès¨, ¨Christmas Next Door¨ and ¨Sarah's Key¨. Rating: 5.5/10. Passable detective thriller. The film is especially advisable for Agatha Christie enthusiasts.
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, three generations of the Aristides Leónides family, live together in a curious and luxurious mansion with an inclined structure, the house's routine is cut short when Aristide turns up dead, and it is suspected that the culprit must be someone in the family. Following Agatha Christie usual premise in which our main role, Max Irons playing sympatheticaly an eye private, has to discover the murderer of the patriarch of the dynasty, while all the members of the family are suspected of the murder, although the majority have some alibi.
After winning the best director award for ¨Sarah's Key¨ at the Tokyo Film Festival, French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner returns with the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's enigmatic novel of the same title. The film is acceptable and passable but nothing special, it is a simple and glamorous adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel without providing any new element, letting itself be carried away heavily by too much insubstantial dialogue and many false clues without much sense, although the ending is quite emotional and tense. ¨Crooked House¨ stars a good cast headed by Max Irons (¨The Host¨) as the cunning detective assigned to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets, Stefanie Martini (¨Doctor Thorne¨), the winner of two Golden Globes and Emmy Awards Glenn Close (¨Dangerous liaisons¨) and the famous FBI agent of the television phenomenon X-files Gilliam Anderson. Completing the cast of suspects, Christina Hendricks, (¨Mad Men¨), Amanda Abbington, Honor Kneafsey, among others, many of them had previously appeared in TV renditions of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels before working on this Christie film adaptation. Furthermore, veterans as Roger Ashton-Griffiths and Terence Stamp, the unforgettable actor of the classic ¨The Collector¨ still very active performing.
In ¨Crooked House¨ stands out the luxury and colorful cinematography by Sebastian Wintero, including the monumental mansion. The motion picture was professionally directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. This french director has made decent films, such as: ¨Dark Places¨, ¨UV¨,¨Les jolies choses¨, ¨Gomez & Tavarès¨, ¨Christmas Next Door¨ and ¨Sarah's Key¨. Rating: 5.5/10. Passable detective thriller. The film is especially advisable for Agatha Christie enthusiasts.