Powerful

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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.

Overwrought production drowning in bad acting, bad casting and accents, wigs and make-up in an absurdly dark set. Can't imagine Agatha Christie writing such drivel and that Julian Fellowes dressed it up. Lipstick on a pig. Even worse, I can't believe I sat through the whole thing. Horrid waste of time and money.

I was thrilled to hear that Agatha Christie's books would be turned into a new series of films, however, this production is a massive disappointment. Everything in it is as beautiful and stylish as it is utterly pretentious and annoying. I never made it past the first 25 extremely frustrating minutes of this movie.

A great crime story with great acting.... love it....