brilliant actors, brilliant editing

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

When I sat down to watch "Crooked House" it was solely because it had Julian Sands on the cast list, as he is one of my all-time favorite actors. I had not heard about this movie prior to finding it because of his acting credits.And this being an Agatha Christie thing didn't really do much to entice me. But still, I decided to sit down and watch it.I must say that this movie was somewhat of a swing and a miss for me. It was not overly interesting, nor was it a movie that I really delved and immersed myself into. The plot just felt incoherent to me, but perhaps that is because I am not interested in who-did-it-murder-plots.What worked for "Crooked House" was the impressive cast list, which included Glenn Close, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson and Terence Stamp. Yet, in my opinion, not even these performers could manage to do much for the story or the movie as such.I managed to endure the movie all the way to the end, although my attention was failing a couple of times throughout the course of the movie."Crooked House" is not the type of movie that you will watch more than once.

Such a waste of talent, excluding max irons , who was miscast as the lead in this production. He was average in just about every scene he appeared in !!!!!!!! I could not wait until the end of this wooden production. A dreadful script, poor direction, no tension, nor anything like the charisma ,one would expect from even one of the cast members. Avoid this like the plague, as there is so much better to enjoy , out there.

As a long time reader of Agatha Christie mysteries I am always interested in how they are transmitted to the big screen. Crooked House is beautifully filmed with the usual array of slightly disfunctional characters captured in a British country house typical of Christie's books. One character dies, who did it? This is for Christie fans who will forgive the repetitive storyline and slightly annoying upper class antics as the ending is worth the wait.

Great cast, excelllent plot, and an unexpected ending. Add in a very good script and perfect scenery. From my experience it's one of Agatha Christie's best. My only two concerns were that the volume of the sound rose to ear piercing levels when any music came on, and there were so many characters that I sometimes got confused as to who was married to who and the relationships between them.