Review of Am stram gram

Yes, this second episode of the French series "Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie" is the best of the three filmed versions of one of Agatha Christie's lesser-known and more dramatic novels, "Ordeal By Innocence", surpassing both the 1984 film with Donald Sutherland and Faye Dunaway (not exactly a difficult task!), and the 2007 TV adaptation which was made as part of the new Miss Marple series (with Geraldine McEwan). It is also better than the first episode in the series ("The ABC Murders"); it is directed with more imagination, the production values are higher, and the supporting cast is more varied. It seems to be quite faithful to the original text; the one jarring note for some Christie devotees will be the gay tendencies of the young police inspector, but even that is handled with tact. *** out of 4.