"Here lieth an adaptation of Agatha Christie's CARDS ON THE TABLE. Its opening hour was the greatest of all time. The half hour that followed destroyed it all. May Agatha Christie's novel rest in peace." I'm shocked. This could've been the best Poirot movie ever! The first hour was page for page like the book, even to the order the suspects were questioned after the murder! But as soon as we got to Major Despard's past crime, it stopped being faithful. The changes reached a ridiculous point, to the point where there was a character swap between Anne Meredith and Rhoda Dawes. Anne became the sweet innocent young girl (she's still a kleptomaniac, by the way!) and Rhoda became the cold-blooded murderess. Not only that, the killer's motives were changed-- he/she is now homosexual! There are several other changes, but I won't mention them-- thinking about them makes me sick! If this is how Poirot movies will be in the future, I might as well stop buying them. Agatha Christie would've been disappointed. I can't give it a 1-- the first hour gave it so much promise! I'll give it a 7, the highest I can bring myself to give it.
Review of Cards on the Table
