I must acknowledge that when you watch this, having read the book, you will definitely be struck by the amount of changes that were made, but in all fairness it wasn't one of The Great Dame's finest works, it paled into comparison against the other train set mystery.
The story adaptation is good I thought, the story is well paced, and it features some nice characters. The story is quite dark, with some tragic themes.
My main gripe is with some of the characters, I don't think I've ever said that before about a Poirot, Lindsay Duncan plays Lady Tamplin like Eddie's long lost sister from Absolutely Fabulous, Jaime Murray's Ruth Kettering is rather poor, and even Elliot Gould I found a little off. Thank goodness for Josette Simon, who I thought was fantastic, so Charismatic, she stood out.
The direction was fine, the location work terrific. It's good, just doesn't shine like the others in this series do. 7/10
The story adaptation is good I thought, the story is well paced, and it features some nice characters. The story is quite dark, with some tragic themes.
My main gripe is with some of the characters, I don't think I've ever said that before about a Poirot, Lindsay Duncan plays Lady Tamplin like Eddie's long lost sister from Absolutely Fabulous, Jaime Murray's Ruth Kettering is rather poor, and even Elliot Gould I found a little off. Thank goodness for Josette Simon, who I thought was fantastic, so Charismatic, she stood out.
The direction was fine, the location work terrific. It's good, just doesn't shine like the others in this series do. 7/10