And Then There Were None

I don't know who this Agatha Christie is but she must throw great house parties.

Christie's whodunit plot (my favorite) is still amazing. It is a very solid adaptation, but it suffers from a degree of overkill on two counts, the lush production values and the extended flashbacks. It would've been enough to see the ghosts from the characters' pasts manifest themselves on the island. Also, the crucial final scene doesn't work as well as it should. Nonetheless, there's plenty to recommend (Aidan Turner!) if you've already read the novel and watched the 1945 film by René Clair.

Great cast in this great adaption.

An interesting take on the classic novel. The acting is superb throughout thanks to a skilled cast however the use of flashbacks becomes tiresome after a while.

First episode was awesome, camera work was on point, but I didn't give a damn about any of the characters or who the killer was.

When Christies novels are scripted as murder, crime, drama and horror and where the cast SUPPORT the script, they really work (even if the 1950's seem a little distant these days). They fail when they are treated as OTT vehicles for "stars" to ham it around with too much comedy (take note, BBC ... the recent "Murder is easy" is a classic example of a script being swamped by stylised production). This was great, and even if you ignore the plot holes the size of the quarry, is one of her best.

A cracking adaptation. Charles Dance is always good, he gets great support here.

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This was an exceptionally good adaptation , in the sense that it prudently removed the prudence and uppitiness in Christie's style and replaced it in a bit of harrowing environment that the actual story lacks. The acting is really top-notch, I really like the visual choices. The relationship of the era's British and the housemaids is unbelievable though "I'm so sorry for your loss; but where is my damn tea? Her being dead means we won't have breakfast? Noooooo....."; A climax of thougthfulness.

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