They also all had ample opportunity to swap his eye drops for his insulin, considering he keeps his entire family in the same house and under his thumb.īut really, that’s what you’d expect from a top notch Agatha Christie story. The list of suspects, like the cast list, is long - and everyone had motive to want the old man out of the way. The story begins, as it should, with murder - in this case the suspected poisoning of a rich, crotchety businessman named Aristide Leonides. But the Masterpiece Theatre vibes serve this capable mystery well - with rock-solid performances and direction, it is built to please die-hard Christie fans and surprise newcomers alike. Coming on the heels of the giant spectacle that was this year’s Murder On The Orient Express, this Christie adaptation feels downright quaint by comparison. The version that’s finally arriving on the big screen is… not that one.Īdapted by writers Julian Fellowes ( Downton Abbey), Tim Rose Price ( The Serpent’s Kiss), and director Gilles Paquet-Brenner ( Dark Places), Crooked House stars Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Amanda Abbington, Julian Sands, and more. It was first announced back in 2011, with Neil LaBute attached to direct a cast that included Matthew Goode, Julie Andrews, Gemma Arterton, and Gabriel Byrne. And even this current take on Crooked House had a winding road to the big screen. That ending may also explain why the novel had never really been adapted before, other than a BBC Radio drama version from 2008. I have to wonder if part of the appeal came from the fact that supposedly her own publishers were worried that the climax of Crooked House was too extreme - because even by murder mystery standards, the resolution to this whodunit is DARK. Out of all the many, many mysteries that the prolific Agatha Christie penned in her lifetime, it’s said that Crooked House ranked as one of her two personal favorites (the other being Ordeal by Innocence).
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