Teresa reviews They Were Ten (2020), the French “And Then There Were None” (Ils Étaient Dix) and found it well-acted, beautifully shot & with added nihilism. Fidelity to text: 3½ weapons Changed backstories, added police investigation, and more nihilistic (if that’s possible). Quality of movie on its own: 4½ weapons Beautifully shot, paced, and acted. […]
Teresa Reviews “Family Murder Party” (2006) (a.k.a. Petits meurtres en famille) and loved this bloody six-hour soap opera despite the absence of Poirot. Source: Amazon DVD Fidelity to text: 3 straight razors Poirot’s gone, the plot’s as soapy as can be, but motive and family ties remain Quality of movie on its own: 4 straight […]
Teresa reviews “They Do It With Mirrors” (2013), a.k.a. “Jeux de Glaces” (“Game of Mirrors”) from “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie,” and thought it was merde. Fidelity to text: 2 knives Considerably simplified, Miss Marple vanishes, it’s a police procedural, and Carrie Louise gets a major personality transplant. Quality of film on its own: 2½ […]
Teresa reviews “Cat Among the Pigeons” (2010), the French TV episode Le Chat et les Souris (The Cat and the Mice) from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie and loved it. Fidelity to text: 3 butcher knives It’s a police procedural so Poirot’s gone, the rebellion in Ramat takes place offstage, and Princess Shaista becomes who […]
Teresa Reviews “The ABC Murders” (2009) and found it a faithful adaptation of the novel, but with several French twists. Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season One Episode: Les Meurtres ABC Source: Amazon Fidelity to text: 3 stranglers Poirot and Hastings are gone, replaced by French policemen in a police procedural. The murderer’s different too! […]
Teresa reviews “Zero Hour” the 2019 French TV adaption of Toward Zero and found very little Agatha Christie and a lot of Lucille Ball From Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season Two. Episode: L’Heure Zéro Teresa Peschel 2022 Source: Amazon DVD box set Fidelity to text: ½ poison bottles and knives Boil down the plot […]
Teresa reviews “By The Pricking of My Thumbs” (2005) and finds the adaptation of the Tommy and Tuppence novel a grand French fling. (Mon Petit Doight M’a dit…) Fidelity to text: 4 stranglers Pretty darn close, with added unwanted visiting family and the French version of MI5. Quality of movie on its own: 4 stranglers […]
Teresa reviews “And Then There Were None” (2017) (a.k.a. Soshite daremo inakunatta), the Japanese TV version, and thought it even Christie would be pleased with the production. (Found in four parts at Dailymotion as of November 2022: Four-Part Playlist) Fidelity to text: 4½ guns, poison, hatchets, etc. A police procedural bookends the film and the […]
Teresa reviews “The Great Actress Murder Case” (2018) and thought it was a faithful rendition of “The Mirror Crack’d” but damn if Marina Gregg didn’t get away with it again! (Daijoyuu Satsujin Jiken; Japanese version of The Mirror Crack’d) Fidelity to text: 3 poisoned cocktails A Miss Marple mystery becomes a Japanese police procedural! Yet […]
Teresa reviews “The Murder of Kuroido” (2018) and found it an excellent adaptation of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” with one reservation Fidelity to text: 4½ daggers Allowing for necessary setting changes (Japan in the early 1950s), it’s stunningly close. Quality of film on its own: 4½ daggers The one major change softened Dr. Shepherd […]