Fidelity to text: 1 garrote. The film is based on a Hercule Poirot novel, Mrs. McGinty’s Dead. Miss Marple takes over, Poirot’s gone, Ariadne Oliver is gone, everyone else is gone, and virtually all of the plot other than the two-sentence synopsis is gone. Quality of movie on its own: 4 garrotes. Nonetheless, it works […]